Veteran lyricist, Javed Akhtar, took an indirect dig at Kangana Ranaut over her controversial remarks wherein she had said that what India achieved in 1947 was “bheek” (alms), and the country got its real freedom only in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government came into power.
Taking to Twitter, Akhtar wrote, “It is totally understand(able). Why would all those who had nothing to do with freedom movement feel bad if some(one) calls our freedom just a ‘bheek’.”
Kangana was slammed by several netizens and members from Bollywood as well as political leaders for her remarks at a news summit a few days ago. Many have even demanded that the Centre take back Kangana’s Padma Shri honour for insulting the country’s independence battle.
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Meanwhile, veteran actor Vikram Gokhale supported Kangana saying, “Many people were mute spectators when our freedom fighters were hanged. These included many senior leaders who did not save the freedom fighters."
Kangana had received the prestigious Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony hosted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital on November 8.
The Padma Shri awardee, during the previously held news channel summit, had said, "…blood will flow. But it should not be Hindustani blood. They knew it and they paid a price. Of course, it was not freedom but bheekh (alms) and we attained real freedom in 2014.”
On work front, Kangana Ranaut has several projects in the pipeline including Dhaakad, Tejas, Manikarnika Returns: The Legend Of Didda, Emergency, Aparajita Ayodhya and The Incarnation: Sita.