Kangana’s antics threaten to overshadow her accomplishments as an actor-Entertainment News , Firstpost

File photograph of Kangana Ranaut. PTI

I fail to know why Kangana Ranaut, a Bollywood actor who has confirmed her mettle repeatedly, will get into pointless controversies that do nothing to advance her profession or bolster her credibility. After sparring with lyricist Javed Akhtar, politician Uddhav Thackeray, singer Diljit Dosanjh, and filmmaker Karan Johar, she has now determined to tackle Filmfare journal. What’s the drawback? She is just not glad to be nominated for an award.

Ranaut was nominated for the “Greatest Actor in a Main Position (Feminine)” class on the 67^th 12 months of the Filmfare Awards to honour her work within the movie Thalaivii (2021). This biopic, based mostly on the lifetime of actor-turned-politician J. Jayalalithaa, was directed by A.L. Vijay. As a substitute of accepting the nomination gracefully, Ranaut wrote an Instagram put up calling out Filmfare for its “unethical, corrupt and completely unfair practices” and even threatened to sue Filmfare. She additionally alleged that Filmfare threatened to not give her awards if she refused to carry out.

Whereas Ranaut may be patting herself on the again for her supposed bravery, her choice to query the credibility of the Filmfare Awards casts a query mark over her personal profession, contemplating that she has benefited vastly from 5 Filmfare awards for 4 of her movies – Anurag Basu’s Gangster: A Love Story (2006), Madhur Bhandarkar’s Style (2008), Vikas Bahl’s Queen (2013) and Aanand L. Rai’s movie Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015). Is she planning to return these awards too, or is the menace to sue Filmfare merely a publicity stunt timed completely to go along with the continued promotional marketing campaign for her movie Emergency?

We’ll know quickly. In the mean time, Filmfare has already launched an official assertion expressing their disappointment with Ranaut’s “unwarranted malicious remarks”. The assertion claims that Ranaut was knowledgeable about her nomination, and requested for her residential handle in order that the invitation to attend the award ceremony might be delivered.

The assertion additionally clarifies that nominations aren’t based mostly on whether or not a celeb agrees to carry out on the ceremony or not. In conclusion, the assertion notes, “Given the irresponsible remarks made by Ms. Ranaut about Filmfare Awards, we’re withdrawing her Greatest Actress nomination for the film Thalaivii. We reserve all rights to pursue any authorized motion in opposition to her malicious and defamatory statements tarnishing our status and goodwill.”

In her Instagram put up, Ranaut, who appears to have little respect for her contemporaries, mentioned that she has been “pitted in opposition to mediocre work”. This pompous assertion appears hole and laughable for the reason that others nominated for the “Greatest Actor in a Main Position (Feminine)” class are Kiara Advani for Vishnuvardhan’s Shershaah, Kriti Sanon for Laxman Utekar’s Mimi, Parineeti Chopra for Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, Taapsee Pannu for Akarsh Khurana’s Rashmi Rocket, and Vidya Balan for Amit V. Masurkar’s Sherni.

Ranaut deserves applause for taking over the lead function in Thalaivii however her contemptuous tone in relation to different ladies from the identical business is unlikely to go down effectively with anybody. She was as soon as hailed as a feminist icon as a result of she confronted Johar on his personal discuss present Koffee with Karan, and designated him “the flagbearer of nepotism” however what she is doing proper now could be simply sloppy, unprofessional behaviour. A principled stance in opposition to award features – the type that Aamir Khan is understood for – would have made sense however the vitriol directed at different ladies competing for a similar award appears fully uncalled for.

Ranaut may need to keep in mind that the audiences who showered her with love did so due to her effective appearing expertise, and her exceptional potential to maneuver them with spectacular performances. In addition they stood by her when distasteful statements maligning her have been made by three of her ex-boyfriends – Aditya Pancholi, Adhyayan Suman and Hrithik Roshan. Nonetheless, they’re refusing to assist her cinema as a result of her focus has drifted away from her appearing. Her final movie Dhaakad (2022), directed by Razneesh Ghai, fared miserably.

Ranaut is a four-time winner of the Nationwide Movie Awards. She has been honoured with the Padma Shri by the Authorities of India. With all these achievements, one expects her to conduct herself with extra dignity in skilled settings and public boards. If she doesn’t get her act collectively, it might be detrimental for her personal progress as an actor. When audiences go to cinema halls to look at her movies, or stream them on-line, they don’t care about her outrage or iconoclasm. What they need is their cash’s value. Is Ranaut keen to pay attention?

I stay up for watching her slide into the function of India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi within the movie Emergency – a political drama that Ranaut is just not solely appearing in but in addition directing and producing. On this multi-starrer, Mahima Chaudhary shall be seen enjoying writer-activist Pupul Jayakar, Shreyas Talpade has been solid as poet-politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Anupam Kher will essay the character of Jayaprakash Narayan. This does sound thrilling.

Chintan Girish Modi is a Mumbai-based author who tweets @chintanwriting

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