Is Hrithik Roshan Guilty Of ‘Slut-Shaming’ Kangana Ranaut?

Every article that appears on  the war between Kangana Ranaut and Hrithik Roshan informs us, it gets murkier and murkier.

That’s because that’s the way we want it to be. Two top stars locked in a sex scandal is a dream opportunity for headlines.  Most of Hrithik’s supporters feel  Hrithik did it to defend his honour and reputation. On the other hand the Kangana supporters feel he just went into a denial about their relationship at the cost of her reputation.

Until recently Hrithik was  the gentleman who could do no wrong, even if he had an extra-marital affair he informed his wife of it.Apparently when Hrithik had a relationship with Babara Mori he went and told his then-wife about it and felt he had done the “right thing”. But when it came to Kangana it never got down to an actual affair.

Says a prominent entertainment media editor, “Hrithik invited entertainment editors to his home and showed them all the email that Kangana had sent  him. There were dozens and  dozens of them. There was not a shred of evidence that they actually had an affair. But it would have happened if  Hrithik was not going through a divorce at that time.He pulled back for the sake of his sons and his reputation as a responsible parent.”

(Incidentally on the eve of his marriage to the wonderful Sussanne , Hrithik was involved with a leading actress . He later told me in an unguarded moment that the actress had “screwed up his brain”).

But now Hrithik has gone steps ahead. He apparently begun to show pictures that were allegedly sent.

Says a senior editor, “So far he had our attention and sympathy. But now his desperation to prove his innocence has become ungallant. Kangana is not wrong in describing Hrithik’s attempts to discredit her as ‘slut shaming’ It is a prevalent kiss-and-tell mentality in the industry. Kangana has gone through it before when Aditya Pancholigave the press lurid details of  his association with her. She fought back then. She will fight back now. She is not afraid of being tarnished.”

Sources supporting Kangana say she won’t back off.

A filmmaker who has worked with her describes her tenacity as exceptional. “Once she sets her mind on something she doesn’t assess the damage . She just goes for the kill. She has pissed off several big heroes.I believe a  lot of the A-listers don’t want to work with her.She doesn’t care. She is not intimidated by power or daunted by being deprived of it.”

Curiously no one prominent from the film industry  agreed to speak about her or Hrithik.

“It is their battle.Let them sort it out,” said a director who has in the past shared a relationship with her.