A tweetstorm ensued following Kangana Ranaut’s accusations at Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhaskar. Kangana had interviewed on Republic’s newshour with Arnab Goswami, where she had reportedly ‘sought justice for Sushant Singh Rajput’s death’. She went on to accuse the two actresses of being ‘B-grade actresses’ and had said, “You are both better looking than Alia Bhatt and Ananya. You both are better actresses. Why don’t you get work? Your whole existence is proof of nepotism. What are you telling me about how happy you are with the industry?”.
Lashing out on Twitter to these allegations, Taapsee Pannu had shared video proof to contradict the allegations against her, saying that all her interviews thus far had been contradictory, and that replied to a throwback video of Kangana talking about insider-outsider debate, wherein the ‘Queen’ actress had stated that it doesn’t matter where a person comes from as each one has their own struggle. “Arre !!???? Toh ab final kya hai ? Matter karta hai to be from the ‘inside’ or no. Yaar yeh sab kuch bohot confusing hota jaa raha hai Zany face I’m gonna sign out of this before I forget ki mera stand kya hai”.
Hi @RichaChadha @ReallySwara someone is really concerned about our bills n our EMIs. Such a kind compassionate industry. So much respect for our ‘B grade’ struggle.
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 20, 2020
Maine suna class 12th n 10th ke result ke baad humaara result bhi aa gaya hai! Humaara grade system ab official hai ? Abhi tak toh number system pe value decide hoti thi na 🤔 #MaLifeMaRulesMaShitMaPot
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 19, 2020
Ooooooooh. Saara kasoor yeh quota system ka hai! Chalo this was simple to understand . Ho gaya solve. Simple. All good now in our ‘territory’ or their ‘territory’ matlab jiski bhi hai aap samajh jao yaar. https://t.co/hPiOixDWi5
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 21, 2020
Dear @KanganaTeamin an Interview 2 @pinkvilla you said & I quote, “Swara said that my claims of nepotism are fake.” This is untrue. I’ve only said that 'everyone agrees Nepotism exists in Bollywood, it has structural reasons.’ Here is a clip of me from 2 sept 2016 @ExpressAdda 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/fNeuFX4rl9
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 21, 2020
Swara Bhaskar also went on to share this clip and had replied to it, saying “Kangana ran parallel cinema with ‘Pather Panchali’ in 1955. She started feminism with ‘Queen’ in 2013, but before that, in 1947, she got India’s independence. – says an unknown needy outsider.”
Kangana has been in the news since the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, claiming to seek justice for his death.