Taapsee Paanu On Kangana Ranaut’s Comments

Kangana Ranaut  thinks you are gung-ho about Karan Johar in  the  hope of getting roles  from him?

I don’t have any film of mine which is produced by any of these gangs she keeps targeting. I never mentioned anywhere I like Karan  Johar   or anyone she alleges , but I have never said I hate them either.

Maybe the  fact that  you don’t hate Karan  bothers Kangana?

 So the fact that I  don’t hate someone she hates, is equivalent to concluding that I like that person and I suck up to that person? I don’t even know him beyond formal hi hellos and thank yous. How is this even logical ?

Kangana thinks  Karan  Johar should offer  you films?

 I have been doing at  least  four  films per year during the  last three  years and  I  have five forthcoming  projects  right now.Who says I don’t get enough work? I decided to keep my career graph slow and  steady and  that’s exactly how it’s been going.

She thinks you  are sucking up to Johar in the hope  of  getting offers?

When none of my past films are produced by any of that so-called  mafia she keeps mentioning nor any of my future films are from them how is my professional  existence dependent on nepotism ? Or undermining someone’s genuine achievements by crediting wrong sources and then mocking it is how you prove that you are a truly successful outsider ?

Doesn’t  her  endless tirade  anger you?

 I refuse to be bitter. I refuse to take advantage of someone’s death for personal vendetta and I refuse to make a mockery out of the industry that gives me bread butter  and my identity. I have had my share of struggles and  just because I don’t glorify them and deal with them with a positive outlook doesn’t make me any less of the ‘outsider’ .

Have you never been  treated unfairly by  producers for being an  outsider?

Yes . I’ve been dropped out of films and  replaced with star-kids.But the fact that she and her sister try to discredit me and my hard work, call me names , put wrong allegations on me is actually an equal level of harassment, if not more.

Interestingly, you have a sister who stays  completely out of the industry?

Yes. All this mocking because  I refuse to sing her(Kangana’s)  tune and because I refuse to see her as the flag bearer for  outsiders. Sorry, we  outsiders  all are not bitter people. We all have had good and  bad experiences.But a lot of us outsiders  in the  film industry  refuse to let negativity drive us. It’s our positivity  hope and  the ability to make lemonade out of the lemons thrown at us that has gotten us to where we are.

You  don’t sound  bitter or  angry or retaliatory?

 I am not going to give into this negativity and  hatred because this limits my growth as a human being.She(Kangana) has the right to have an opinion and  so do I. Just because  my opinion doesn’t match hers doesn’t make me inferior.