Kangana is a bachchi : Mahesh Bhatt

Calling Kangana Ranaut a bachchi, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said he would not like to comment against a child who started her Bollywood journey as an actress from his production company Vishesh Films.

On being asked about the recent social media attack by Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel, Bhatt said, “She (Kangana) is a bachchi, started her journey with us. Just because her relative (sister Rangoli) is attacking me, I won’t comment. Our upbringing and culture teach us that we should not raise a finger on our children. So saying anything against our children won’t be possible. My upbringing stops me from doing so.” “Till I die, I will never ever say anything against our child because it is against my upbringing, it is against my nature,” he maintained.

His comments came after Rangoli attacked him and his wife Soni Razdan earlier this month.

“...but later when she went for Woh Lamhe preview to a theatre, he threw chappal at her, he didn’t allow her to see her own film, she cried whole night .... and she was just 19 years old (sic),” she had tweeted.

War zone

Rangoli also attacked Bhatt’s wife and their superstar daughter Alia Bhatt and called them “non Indian”. 

In an earlier interaction with media, Kangana had termed media’s comparison of her performance with Alia’s Gully Boy an “embarrassment”.  “Media have taken filmy kids love too far. Stop pampering mediocre work or else bar will never be raised,” the Manikarnika actress had said.

Kangana started her journey in Bollywood in 2006 with the film Gangster, which was produced by Mahesh Bhatt. Kangana also bagged the best debutant award for her performance in the movie. — IANS

‘No need to give any person power to hurt you’ 

Mahesh Bhatt’s wife Soni Razdan says it is human to feel bad when attacked personally, but she has learnt to ignore people who think they have the power to hurt her. On Twitter, Soni has been at the receiving end of right-wing trolls for having anti-majoritarian views. 

The Britain-born actress also engaged in a war of words with Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli, who launched a personal attack on her, questioning her stand to have opinion about the country when she does not hold Indian citizenship. When asked whether personal attacks affect her mental health, she said, “Everybody is human, and I’m not an alien... I do feel bad but then at some point you have to stop feeling bad. You have to think who’s trying to make me feel bad and why.” PTI