Mumbai: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut recently sparked controversy after claiming that some young Hindu women “flaunt freedom without accountability” and referring to them as the “generation gutter.”
Her remarks drew widespread criticism online, with several social media users responding by sharing stills from her film roles to troll her.
Reacting to the backlash, Kangana hit back at her critics, urging them not to mislead or influence vulnerable teenagers by blurring the line between her on-screen characters and her real-life views.
Sharing a clip from her Parliament speech on Instagram Stories on Friday, Kangana defended herself against criticism over her film roles.
Referring to a Congress leader’s alleged use of her photograph after her Mandi Lok Sabha victory, she said that portraying different characters and changing her appearance is a professional requirement for any actor.
In the caption, she wrote, “You want to use my movie character clips I get paid millions to play, high profile show business events where I am surrounded by my own entourage and event planners security forces, you want to use these to convince vulnerable teenagers that she can do the same on the road or in school functions or in dingy clubs? Is it the same thing?”
She added, “Don’t mislead the youth, it’s not the same thing. Today you mislead others children tomorrow it will be yours.”
Over the past few days, Kangana has found herself at the centre of controversy for her remarks on the student protests.
On Monday, she said the protests were completely at odds with the values and sophistication associated with India.
She stated, “Never in my life, I have seen so much ugliness in one place. These reels from Gen Z protests are puke-inducing, the way they speak and the kind of language they are using. Never in my life have I seen everything in each and every frame so jarring and so crass all at once.”
She added, “Ewwww, who is birthing and raising them? India is a place of diversely beautiful people, draped in elegance and rooted in cultural sophistication; you call yourselves cockroaches and look/behave like them as well; there is no paradox or juxtaposition there, just simply subjecting the world to your filth, garbage and ugliness. I am scarred from these reels, need some healing, digital detox.”
Referring to the protests, Kangana further claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother had been subjected to abusive comments.
“Our 75-year-old Prime Minister was targeted, and filthy abuse was hurled at his late mother. We, too, have participated in student protests. But what kind of students are these, and what kind of obscene language are they using? In what way do they resemble students? If these individuals need Supreme Court lawyers or legal counsel in the future, will their parents be able to afford it? They do not have the means to afford it themselves. We have been building our own careers since the age of sixteen. We have never been a burden on our parents. As a society, this is completely unacceptable to us,” she said.