Kangana Ranaut v/s Sanjay Raut: Here’s all you need to know about the controversy

Looks like Kangana’s fiery pearl of wisdom has burnt some bridges for the actress this time…

Actress and producer Kangana Ranaut has been rubbing people the wrong way since quite some time now. Be it the actress taking on Karan Johar on national television or speaking her mind over groupism in Bollywood to exposing the industry’s dark side after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, Kangana has emerged as the queen of controversies due to her unabashed stance. And while she has been the leading lady of headlines these days, the actress seems to have taken the title of her last film Panga a little too seriously. Kangana recently ran into an argument with Shivsena’s chef spokesperson Sanjay Raut, after her comments on the Mumbai police and Maharashtra. 

It so happened that Kangana went on to criticize the Mumbai police for their investigations in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.

संजय जी मुझे अभिव्यक्ति की पूरी आज़ादी है
मुझे अपने देश में कहीं भी जाने की आज़ादी है ।
मैं आज़ाद हूँ । pic.twitter.com/773n8XDESI

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 6, 2020

Last week Kangana went on to say, “Why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir?” after which she faced lots of uproar from several politicians. While some stated that she had no right to stay in Mumbai, others even threatened the actress of being mob lynched and beaten to death with stones and rods like the Patna Sadhus. While Kangana has wildly taken over the movie mafia, the actress clearly knows the price she might have to pay. And she has also been reiterating this fact on Twitter. Kangana who has been very vocal on the social media platform was even asked for an apology to be rendered towards Maharashtra, but what escalated things further in the case was Shivesena’s Sanjay Raut calling her a ‘haraamkhor ladki’ during an interview.  After this, the actress also ran in some trouble with the BMC. 

While things have only heated up on this front, a few actors have come in support of Kangana, and she has also received y level security on recommendations of the Himanchal Government. Under this Y level security, Kangana will have 2 CRPF commandos protecting her all the time. In total the actress will be having 11 commandos protecting her, out of which 5 will be static guards and other 6 will look after her personal security, they will be stationed in rotational shifts. The Y level security is provided by the home ministry to some VIPs and it has been given to quite a few people in our country. 

Now that Kangana has even joined the list, we will have to see what happens when the actress returns to Mumbai on 9th September. Though a lot of threats have been made, Kangana doesn’t seem to be scared by anyone. Even in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the actress has taken names and blamed people left right centre, putting many famous Bollywood personalities under the scanner.  Not only this, but Kangana also has not been afraid in slamming Sanjay Raut through some videos on Twitter and has even challenged him to try and stop her from coming to Mumbai. The latest development also states that Home Minster Anil Deshmukh has said that the Mumbai police will probe Kangana Ranaut for taking drugs. While the matter is still developing, all we can do is wait and watch what happens next. 

Written by Nawaz Kochra (Entertainment Journalist, Mumbai)