Kangana Ranaut lashes out as Taapsee Pannu calls her ‘irrelevant’

A day ago, actress Taapsee Pannu was asked in an interview if she misses Kangana’s presence on Twitter, to which she had said that Kangana is ‘irrelevant’ to her. She told Hindustan Times:

“No, I don’t miss her. I didn’t miss her, or want her, also before. She’s too irrelevant for me, in my personal life. She’s an actor, she's a colleague in that respect. But more than that, she doesn’t hold any relevance in my life. I don’t have any feelings for her, good or bad.”

Kangana was quick to hit back and she lashed out at Taapsee over her ‘irrelevant’ remark. Kangana took to her Instagram story and wrote:

“She calls producers and begs kangana ji ne kuch chhoda hai toh mujhe dedo please, aur aaj iski aukat dekho, jo kabhi gareeb producer ki Kangana kehlane mein bhi proud feel karti thi... aaj mujhe he irrelevant keh rahi hai ha ha insaan aur uski fitrat ajeeb hai (She calls producers and begs them to give her any films I turned down, and look at her today. She was once proud to be called the Kangana for poor producers and today, she calls me irrelevant. Haha, people and their strange nature) anyway all the best with your film girl @tapaseepannu try promoting it without my name.”

In another story, Kangana wrote that she does not mind ‘B-grade actors’ taking her name, or inspiration from her to ‘promote themselves’. She said that she was inspired by actors such as Sridevi and Waheeda Rehman, too, but ‘never disrespected them’. She added: 

“I don’t mind B grade actors using my name or style or interviews or general career strategies to promote themselves or their careers ....Of course they will use my name growing up in the industry I was also inspired by those who made it before me but I never disrespected them always showed immense respect for those who inspired me like Vaijantimala ji,Waheeda ji and Sridevi ji. Magar doosre ke sar pe paon rakh kar upar chadhne ki koshish karne wale ko uski aukat dikhana zaroori hai (The ones who try to climb higher by pulling others down need to be shown their place). Good morning to all.”

Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel also slammed Taapsee and wrote on Instagram: 

“Dear sasti copy and gareeb B grade producers ki Kangana Ranaut ... please see everything that you spoke about no one is interested in your film that you are promoting or relationship that you explained in depth and gave details in this interview, everything is about Kangana ha ha ha your relevance is only because you use her name, some day try surviving without using her name if you can’t then bow down to the Queen. @taapsee.”

Few months ago, Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account was permanently suspended for repeatedly violating guidelines. She has since shifted to Instagram and homegrown platform Koo.