New Delhi: Filmmaker Hansal Mehta known to direct critically-acclaimed films like 'Aligarh', 'City Lights' spoke about working with Kangana Ranaut whom he directed in the film 'Simran'. Hansal Mehta shared his experience of working with the actress in 2017 in the film 'Simran. He said that even though she is a 'big star', working with her was a 'massive mistake'.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, the writer of 'Simran' Apurva Asrani shared that Kangana had taken over as the director of the film after Hansal quit the project. Kangana has even called him 'spineless' and 'coward'.
Now in an interview with Mashable India, Hansal Mehta spoke about Kangana taking over Simran's edit procedure. Hansal said,"Edit nahi takeover kia the usne, to be fair to her, but edit take over karne ke liye kuch tha nahi kyunki material hi vahi tha jo usne shoot karvaya tha (She did not take over the edit, to be fair to her, but there was nothing to take over in the editing procedure. We only had the material that she had shot). She is a very talented actor, she is a very good actor, really really good actor who, I feel has limited herself by making films about herself. You need not make all the characters become what you want to believe you are."
Hansal then spoke about Kangana's recent release 'Dhaakad's song She's On Fire. He said, "Abhi kuch gaana aaya uska… (Some song of hers had released suddenly) she is a woman on fire… you are basically talking about yourself. You know these are things you aspire for yourself, you put it there. It’s not even my place to criticise what choices she makes. She’s a big star, even today and she is a very good actor, I maintain that and working with her, we didn’t gel. Working with her was a massive mistake.”
Hansal Mehta's recent directorial project 'Scam:1992' received great response from critics and audiences alike.