The thing is Hrithik can choose to avoid the topic if he wishes to, it is his prerogative. So I don't find a problem in this particular video where he doesn't take the bait of byte-hungry media.That said, in this Aaj Tak episode, he is said to have answered the question on Kangana - albeit very vaguely - and then made several calls to the channel asking why they asked him that question and asking them to not show the question etc.I mean if he wanted he could have said no comments and avoided the topic, but he answered and then doesn't want it to be aired?Agar sach hai toh what is there to be scared? And his answer was also so faltu and ambiguous, whereas Kangana is so direct and to-the-point whatever question you ask her. Most probably Hrithik got caught off-guard and he wasn't able to make up answer on the spot. But who struggles with an answer if they are really speaking the truth?The discussion in the above video between the anchors reveals what they think about the whole episode, and they are very clear who is right and who is wrong.
I mean it's the tv ANCHORS who are talking here on video live. It's not practiced, scripted, performed. Pls don't tell me Kangana PAID even all these anchors to say what they said? People saying hrithik is shy. Which shy person who has been in industry doing how many shows in front of people talking in front of live audience fluently fluidly like he did at filmfare right after his very first film about his dad getting shot, CANT explain what's going in now when his rep is at stake?
The assumption about how bright whatever he is is made not on one interview. It is all the interviews down the line. All that philosophical stuff he spouts nowadays. People know it's taken from a book. How can a person be SO introverted they can't even defend themselves whether in writing or on camera. You don't need to give an essay answer, just the facts! If people Hv stage fright or phobia of camera or audience they won't be able to talk at all. Hrithik has always done interviews. He didn't avoid them or sweat his way through! He has done live interaction with audience on Kapil sharma show pretty damn comfortably.
Selective discomfort of camera, eh?

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