Kangana Ranaut's film Simran is all set to hit the screens tomorrow. But it seems that the controversy to give writing credit is still on.
Kangana and writer of film Apurva Asrani have been fighting over the writing credits of Simran. After, Kangana's allegations, now Apurva has leveled other serious allegations against her.
Finally, Apurva opened up on the whole brawl, “I have fought to retain my credit because it's my story. What Ranaut did, irrespective of her claims, is what all good artists do. She added value to what I had already written. But the way she's played this narrative of dismissing my work and questioning my credibility as a writer is nothing short of character assassination. It has hurt me and my reputation. All I want to say is that people shouldn't take her at face value — they should question her. She shouldn't just be treated as a beacon of feminism. There is a lot of duplicity, lot of lies, lots of false allegations. I want people to see her for what she is, not what she projects herself to be."
If the source is to be believed then Kangana had reportedly called the director of the film, Hansal Mehta, ‘spineless’ and ‘clueless’ in a message to Apurva Asrani, “If a woman can singlehandedly take charge of a film where a coward director has ran away and his AD has refused to work with me, I don't need to ask for my credit from someone like you."
“I can't say how I'm feeling. It's a mix of hurt, love and understanding. I had thought he'd have my back when I stood upto her. Wish he had stood upto the bully too. Maybe I will understand better when I'm in his shoes, I don't know. But we have finally moved on to newer partnerships and I think that is healthy. I wish him the best,” Asrani also said.
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