Mumbai: Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has sparked fresh controversy with a strongly worded Instagram post in which she criticised a section of young Hindu women, describing them as “generation gutter” and saying, “They are so ugly.”
The post comes days after she weighed in on the viral Gen Z protest reels following the NEET exam paper leak, and has since sparked fresh debate across social media.
On Monday evening, Kangana took to her Insta handle and wrote, “Most appalling is the behaviour of young Hindu women, who want to imitate the lives of independent career women. without earning that freedom.”
Praising women who are financially and personally independent, she said, “women who are truly independent they make rebellious choices. Bold opinions. Unconventional career moves and they take accountability for their actions. They have to cos they are on their own. They don’t do this at the cost of their parents or families.”
Further, referring to some women as “generation gutter,” she wrote, “Here is a new generation of so called westernised Indian women. I call them generation gutter.”
She added, “Some of them have nothing to offer to the system they are not good at studies but they are so ugly and corrupt that they can’t be home makers either but they proudly flaunt their freedom to have drugs, drinks or endless body counts and shamelessly live off their patents earnings and constantly fight to live independent lives without actually being independent.”
“Independent life needs to be earned. If you try to live independent without accountability you are just a distorted entity. Gutter chap,” she concluded.
This is not the first time Kangana has courted controversy over her remarks about young people.
Earlier, reacting to viral videos of Gen Z-style protest reels following the NEET exam paper leak, the actor said the clips left her feeling the need for “some healing” and a “digital detox,” criticising what she described as performative activism on social media.
“You call yourself 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,” she said.
On the work front, Kangana’s was recently seen in ‘Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata’, helmed by Manoj Tapadia.