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After Shatrughan Sinha Lost Calm, Mukesh Khanna Defends: “Was Not Trying to Demean Sonakshi”

Mukesh Khanna's Ramayan comment against Sonakshi has certainly not gone down well with Shatrughan Sinha, who gave Khanna an earful. Post that, Khanna has defended his comments and said it was blown out of proportion...

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The Ramayana controversy involving Sonakshi Sinha and Mukesh Khanna has been making headlines for a few days. It all started with Khanna, who played Bhishma in the show Mahabharat had taken a jibe against Sonakshi for not knowing the history of Indian culture.

Days after his comment against the actress went viral, he was slammed by Nitish Bhardwaj, who played Lord Krishna in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat and had said: “Why target Sonakshi alone?”

Sonakshi’s father Shatrughan Sinha too came to her rescue and hit back at Mukesh Khanna for his comments against his daughter. “I believe someone has problem with Sonakshi not answering a question on the Ramayan. Firstly what qualifies this person to be an expert on all things to do with the Ramayan? And who has appointed him the guardian of the Hindu religion?” the veteran actor had said.

Reacting to Shatrughan’s comment, Mukesh Khanna defended his remark against Sonakshi and clarified that he was not trying to target Sonakshi. 

Mukesh told Times of India in an interview, “People have blown my comment out of proportion and presented it wrongly to Shatruji. I have known him for long and have immense respect for him. I took Sonakshi’s name as a mere example. It does not mean I was trying to demean her or question her knowledge. My intention was not to target her. However, I am shocked to see how the current generation is not aware of many things.”

To further prove his point, Mukesh asserted: “Recently, I was watching a video in which an IT student didn’t know whose maternal uncle Kans was. Someone even answered ‘Duryodhan’ to that question. I am not claiming that I am the guardian of Ramayan and Hindu literature, but as a citizen of India, I do feel that it is our duty to introduce our literature and history to today’s generation because they are more interested in TikTok and Harry Potter. Once again, if Shatruji feels that taking Sonakshi’s name was a mistake, then yes, it is. But, it was not intentional.”

For the unaware, Sonakshi made an appearance on Amitabh Bachchan’s show Kaun Banega Crorepati and failed to answer a question on the Indian mythology Ramayana. And in the wake of the reruns of the shows on TV during the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mukesh Khanna had remarked:

“I think the reruns will be useful to many who haven’t watched the show earlier. It will also help people like Sonakshi Sinha who have no knowledge about our mythological sagas. People like her don’t know who Lord Hanuman got the Sanjivani for.”

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Comments (1)

First of all Mahabharata was not history or literature..its a mythology. I am a hindu but I see it only as a myth. So understand this basic difference and ur reaction is too much .

3 years ago

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