Mumbai: Drama queen Rakhi Sawant is back in the headlines for her controversial remarks about ‘Dabangg’ filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap following his recent allegations against superstar Salman Khan.
Defending ‘Dharti Pe Devta’ Salman, Rakhi called Abhinav a liar and said she would throw eggs on him if she ever met him.
Talking about Salman on the podcast with Hindi Rush on YouTube, Rakhi said, “Bhai, dharti pe devta hai wo. Mere liye bahut kiya hai, kaam dilwaya hai. Main market mein down ho gai thi, kaam dilwaya, Bigg Boss mein liya, meri maa ka cancer treatment mein help ki (He is like a god on this earth. He has done a lot for me. I was going through a tough time when he gave me work with Bigg Boss. He even helped me financially for my mother’s cancer treatment).”
Slamming Abhinav, she continued, “Ek kaan kajura hai … Woh takla Salman ke khilaf bahut bol raha hai aajkal. Tu jidhar bhi mila takle, tujhe chappal se maaroongi. Koi to Dabangg film mein director liya tha usko. Pata nahi kaun hai wo, hum to naam nahi lenge. Meri juban kharab nahi karoongi us takle ka naam lekar (There is one person who is bad mouthing Salman these days. Wherever I find you, bald man, I’ll thrash you with a slipper. Someone once gave him a director’s job in Dabangg. I don’t even know who he is; I don’t want to take his name. I don’t want to take that bald man’s name).”
Rakhi further claimed that the filmmaker started misbehaving on set, stating “ladkibazi shuru kar di thi usne (he turned into a womaniser)”.
She said he was thrown out of the project for wasting Salman’s money and now, the superstar’s enemies are paying him for speaking ill about the actor.
Accusing Abhinav of targeting Salman’s family, Rakhi said, “Abhi media mein aakar ganda-ganda bol raha hai, unke parivaar ke baare mein… jhooth bolta hai (Now he goes to the media and says false things about Salman’s family… lies about them).”
In a message for Salman, Rakhi said, “Bhai serious mat lo aise logun ko (Sir, don’t take such people seriously.)”
For the unversed, Abhinav claimed that Salman took undue credit for ‘Dabangg’ and made things so difficult for his brother Anurag Kashyap that he had to leave the project.
Talking about Salman supporting Anurag’s film ‘Nishaanchi’, Abhinav said, “Salman ki takdeer par likha hai, ab yeh humare hi talve chaatega. Maine ek interview diya tha usko gunda bulaaya tha, toh ab yeh dikha raha hai ki yeh bada prashansak hai humara. Vohi Anurag Kashyap jisko Tere Naam main pereshaan kiya tha. Anurag ne voh film chodhi thi inhone nikala nahi tha. Ab uski tareef karte nazar aarahe hai voh toh karenge. Ab yeh ghutnon pe aayenge, bheek bhi mangenge (It is written in Salman’s destiny that now he will lick our feet. I had called him a goon in an interview, and now he is trying to show that he is a big admirer of ours. The same Anurag Kashyap whom he harassed during Tere Naam. Anurag had left that film, they hadn’t removed him. Now he is seen praising Anurag’s work, of course he will do that. Now he will fall to his knees and even beg).”
Addressing allegations made by Abhinav in the ‘Weekend Ka Vaar’ episode of ‘Bigg Boss 19’, Salman shared, “Mujhe baat buri sirf ek hee cheez lag rahi hai ki apne apne aap ko destroy kar diya. Agar kisike parivar ke peeche padhna hai toh khudke parivar ke peeche padho. Apne bhai ke peeche padho, usse pyar karlo, Maa Pita se pyar karlo, biwi bachho ka khayal rakh lo. Yeh toh least hai (The one thing that hurts me the most is that you are destroying yourself. If you want to get after someone, please go after your family or your brother (Anurag Kashyap). Or, love your brother, your parents, your wife. That’s the least you can do).”