My two medals I'll keep for life are BigB's 2 letters for TWMR: Kangy

Every creative person, more so if you are an actor, craves for appreciation. Her recent double role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns has got her appreciation in abundance and the interesting difference is that each one is congratulating her twice, once for playing Tanu and once for playing the other Kangana lookalike in the film, Datto. Kangana's victory as an actor in the film is that as audience, she makes you root for both women and while you become a fan of Datto, you cry with Tanu and finally remain in awe of Kangana.

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Amongst the many millions of Indians who are going gaga over her performance, one of them is none other than the legend of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan. Every actor waits for the day when Big B will send him his patented letter and bouquet of flowers, a proof that he has loved their performance. This time however, Big B sent not just one, but two letters and two bouquets for Kangana, one for Tanu and the other for Datto. Telling us about it, Kangana said, "Mr Bachchan sent me a letter for Queen too, but that was written in English and that too, the level of English that he himself speaks, which is high end. This time, he has written a poem and that too in Hindi, so I could read it out as is to my parents as they understand only Hindi. I felt like his two letters were my two medals. I am going to frame these and keep them for life as my memory. For my parents who are not artistes and don't understand performance, this is their proof that I have performed. Mr Bachchan has written about the minutest of details of my performance which makes it so fulfilling for an artiste, coming from a legend like him. This time he has sent me not just one, but two letters and bouquets, one for Tanu and the other for Datto. He wrote, 'It happens very rarely that our eyes fill up watching a performance. You made me cry'. He said for Datto, 'For the girl who is Tanu's lookalike called Datto, I don't know her but please extend my warm wishes to her.' What broke me down reading his letters was when he wrote, 'Main apne aap ko bhagyashali samajhta hoon, ki main uss udyog se juda hoon, jisme Kangana basti hai' (I feel fortunate to be a part of an industry in which Kangana is a part). Being an outsider, I was ridiculed for the longest time with people openly making fun of me. But the flowers Mr Bachchan sent have not just filled up my room, they have left me overwhelmed."

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And while Kangana may have been able to make women root for both Tanu and Datto in the film, clearly Datto has stolen Tanu's share of love from India. Who could have imagined that a raw looking Datto, with her teeth sticking out, could have given a stunner like Kangana Ranaut a run for her money?