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“Kangana Calling Me Names Is Harassment,” Taapsee Hits Back On Being Called ‘B-Grade Actress’

byNikita Manot
20th July 2020
3 minute read

Kangana Ranaut has sparked a heated conversation yet again. In an explosive interview recently, the ‘Queen’ actor, not only spoke about SSR’s demise & the movie mafia in B-town but she also took a dig at Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhasker by calling them ‘B-grade actresses’. She was quoted saying,

“I can only lose here (in Bollywood) because I know tomorrow the movie mafia gangs will get 20 needy outsiders like Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhasker, who will get up and say, ‘Oh, only Kangana has a problem with nepotism, but we love Karan Johar’. If you love Karan Johar, why you both are B-grade actresses? You are better looking than Alia Bhatt and Ananya Panday. You both are better actresses. Why don’t you get work? Your whole existence is proof of nepotism. What are you telling me how happy you are with the industry?”

However, Taapsee didn’t let the matter lie, instead, she decided to set the record straight by replying to all the accusations made by Kangana. The ‘Thappad’ actor categorically replied to every allegation leveled against her. She was quoted saying by Hindustan Times, “I never mentioned anywhere I like Karan Johar or anyone she alleges, but I have never said I hate them either. So, the fact that you don’t hate someone she hates, is equivalent to ‘you like that person and you suck up to that person’? I don’t even know him behind formal ‘hi, hello, thank you’. How is this even logical?”

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Being Naina Sethi. This picture I clicked while we were shooting for the interval sequence of Badla. First day of shooting with the fierce Amrita Singh. I don’t know if it’s the Sardarni in me or the no holds barred way of life that connected us n it’s so cool to see her so excited n nervous to approach her scenes like a debutant wanting to do her best n listening to the director with the intention to do her best. One of the rare actors who has a very nonchalant depth in her performance. I would’ve loved to click a picture with her that day but she was too busy rehearsing her ‘bhaari’ lines while I didn’t have much to say in the scene and I didn’t want to disturb her💁🏻‍♀️ #Throwback #Archive #QuarantinePost

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On being called a ‘needy outsider’, Taapsee was quoted saying, “First of all I don’t think my existence has got anything to do with looks primarily. And, I have had my share of struggles and just because I don’t glorify them and deal with them with a positive outlook, doesn’t make me any less of the ‘outsider’. We all have had good and bad experiences, but many of us refuse to let negativity drive us. Kangana has the right to have an opinion and so do I. And just because my opinion doesn’t match hers, doesn’t make me inferior.”

Furthermore, the ‘Judwaa 2’ actor answered Kangana’s question of ‘why she doesn’t get work?’. She was quoted saying by TOI, “In the last three years, I have been doing at least four films every year, and have five announced films right now. Who says I don’t get enough work? I decided to keep my career graph slow and steady and that’s exactly how it’s been going. Yes, I’ve been dropped out of films and replaced with star kids but the fact that Kangana and her sister (Rangoli Chandel) try to discredit me and my hard work, call me names, put wrong allegations on me, is actually an equal level of harassment, if not more.”

Speaking about nepotism, she said that none of her films are produced by any of the mafia gangs that Kangana keeps targeting. Taapsee was quoted saying, “So, how is my existence because of nepotism? Or undermining someone’s genuine achievements by crediting wrong sources, and then mocking, is how you prove that you are a true successful outsider?”

Concluding, the ‘Thappad’ actor said, “I refuse to be bitter. I refuse to take advantage of someone’s death for personal vendetta and I refuse to make a mockery out of the industry that gave me bread and identity.” She went on to elaborate how she had called out people in the industry when she was wrongfully replaced in ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’. Taapsee went on to say that people only support you when your intentions are in the right place.

Well, we don’t need to disregard a person to empower another. What do you think? Tell us!

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