“I Was Not Misquoted,” says Naseer On His Kangana ‘Half-Educated’ Quote

 When earlier this week Naseeruddin Shah made that stunning  remark about  the  ‘half-educated starlet’  which seemed  to target  Kangana Ranaut, all hell broke loose.

Naseer  was  quoted as  saying, “No one is interested in the opinions of some half-educated starlet who decides to take it upon herself to, you know, get justice for Sushant. If there is justice that needs to be done, I think we need to have faith in the process of the law and if it is none of our business, I think we should not concern ourselves with it.”

 It takes a man of tremendous  guts to take on Ms Ranaut, although it must be  noted that he  doesn’t mention her name.

“Lekin samajhne wale  ko ishaara kaafi hai,” says a grateful Bollywood denizen who has bene constantly attacked  by Ms Ranaut and her mysterious “team”.  “We  are all  too scared  of what she will say next. So everyone keeps quiet.But she takes our  silence to be an encouragement for  her  attack.  Now she says Karan Johar should return to  his Padma Shri  . Is she the  President  of  India?  We are  glad one of us had the guts to  put her in  her place.”

Though I’ve known Naseer Saab  to be  self-ruinously outspoken  in the past(remember his recent comments  on Rajesh Khanna?) I thought this time he may have been misquoted.

But here is  Naseer’s response to my doubts : “I was  not misquoted. That is all I  have to say.”

Kangana Ranaut’s  response to this sobering putdown  has been surprisingly restrained. Maybe she is sharpening her knives.