Kangana Ranaut Criticizes Karan Johar’s Cryptic Post

Kangana Ranaut has criticized Karan Johar after he posted a cryptic note following backlash over allegations that he had sabotaged the careers of Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma. Kangana took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday night to express her opinion. She claimed that Karan used to 'insult and bully' her on national television in the past. She shared a screenshot of a paparazzi account posting Karan Johar's note and wrote, "Ek waqt tha jab Chacha Chaudhary elite nepo mafia walon ke saath national television pe mujhe insult and bully karta tha (There was a time when Chacha Chaudhary along with the elite nepo mafia would insult and bully me on national television) because I couldn't speak English..."

Kangana then added, "Aaj inki Hindi dekh ke khayal aaya, abhi toh sirf tumhari Hindi sudhari hai aage aage dekho hota hai kya. (Today I realized after seeing his Hindi, so far I have rectified your Hindi, see what happens henceforth)." Recently, Karan posted a message on his Instagram Stories, stating, "Laga lo ilzaam, hum jhukne waalon mein se nahi… jhoot ka ban jao ghulam… hum bolne waalon mein se nahi… jitna neecha dikhaoge… jitne aarop lagaoge… hum girne waalon mein se nahi… humara karam humari Vijay hai...aap utha lo talvaar... Hum marne waalon mein se nahi... (State the allegations, I'm not amongst those who will bow down. Become a slave to lies, I won't say anything. However much you try to slander and show me in a bad light, I will not fall. My goodness is my victory. You can use any swords, I will not die)." The controversy started when an old video of Karan Johar surfaced online. In the video, he joked about 'murdering' Anushka Sharma's career. Karan had initially not liked Anushka's pictures when she was about to make her debut in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. During the promotion of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Anushka and Karan talked about it candidly during a media interaction. Anushka had then joked that Karan tried to 'finish' her career before it even started. The video resurfaced after Priyanka Chopra recently opened up about the reason she left Bollywood and started looking for a career in the US. During a conversation with Dax Shepherd on his podcast Armchair Expert, Priyanka said, “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry.” Priyanka also stated, "I had people not casting me. I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break. This music thing gave me an opportunity to go into another part of the world. Not crave the movies I didn't want to get but I would require to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. It would require groveling and I had worked a long time by then that I didn't feel like I wanted to do it."