Was Kangana Ranaut and Hrithik Roshan's break-up caused by his affair

It was in the beginning of 2016 that an alleged love affair turned sour became one of the ugliest spats in the history of Bollywood. Kangana Ranaut's supposed reference to Hrithik Roshan as a "silly ex" snowballed into a full-blown war, with legal notices being exchanged, private emails made public and lots of mudslinging.

Kangana, who recently appeared on a TV show, hinted that their break-up in March 2014 might have been triggered by Hrithik's affair with a co-star. Apparently, Hrithik had been in a relationship with Kangana, but changed his colours when he went for an outdoor shoot in Manali and told her that there was nothing between them.

She said, "Kisi heroine ke saath mein yeh Manali mein shoot kar rahe the, aur wahaan pe unke affair ki khabarein aayi. Toh maine poocha unko; Valentine's tha February mein, maine kaha ki 'Aapne mujhe phone nahin kiya, kuch nahi?' Toh mujhe kehte hai, 'Phone kis baat ka?' Maine kaha, 'Valentine hai.' Toh kehte hai, 'Tumko kyun karunga phone?' Maine kaha, 'Mujhko kyun nahi karoge phone? Kyunki main toh tumse shaadi karne wali hoon.' Toh kehte hai, 'Shaadi-vaadi toh tum bhool jao, tumne kis-kis ko bataya hai ki tumhara aur mera kuch chal raha hai?'"

Incidentally, it was Katrina Kaif that Hrithik was shooting with at the time. The two were filming Siddharth Anand's Bang Bang in Manali, and a bridge where they shot was even renamed Bang Bang point and became a major tourist attraction.