Rangoli Chandel Reveals That Kangana Ranaut Was Offered Saand Ki Aankh As Neena Gupta Probes Ageism Issues In Bollywood
Rangoli Claims Kangana Was Offered Saand Ki Aankh
Updated : September 24, 2019 03:50 PM ISTThe Kangana Ranaut – Taapsee Pannu battle has been intensifying on Twitter for a while and now Rangoli Chandel has managed throw some ‘ghee’ in to the mix. Kangana Ranaut’s sister and manager, Rangoli has now claimed that Saand Ki Aankh was initially offered to Kangana. She further added that Kangana turned down the film as she thought older actors like Neena Gupta and Ramya Krishna should do the film.
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Dear Nikhil it’s heartbreaking to see how our media first killed MeToo in India now making a joke out of feminism, Vikas Bahl and the director of this movie wanted Kangana to do this film, she clearly told them to cast older woman and fight agism and sexism in Bollywood...(contd) https://t.co/b9OYntv9f8
— Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) September 24, 2019
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >(contd)...Even today Kangana feel Ramya krishnan and Neena Gupta ji would have been a far better option, and they have a great market value, why can’t they be mainstream actresses ??when I call these people sasta ....(contd)
— Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) September 24, 2019
The revelation came as a response to Neena Gupta’s comment that probed the ageism and sexism debate in Bollywood. Some netizens have questioned why older actors were not considered for the role of the shooter dadis instead of these two young actors. Neena Gupta, who has always been a bold voice about several issues also seemed to be bothered by the casting and tweeted this:
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Yes i was just thinking about this hamari umar ke role toe kamsekam humse kara lo bhai https://t.co/6Fmrxn0HbE
— Neena Gupta (@Neenagupta001) September 24, 2019
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >Neena ji Kangana was offered this movie and she loved the true story of Grandmom’s achievements she suggested yours and Ramya Krishnan ma’am’s name for lead roles but these men can’t remove deeply rooted sexism from their filthy brains ... https://t.co/f81LXDE5hg
— Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) September 24, 2019
Well, the trailer of the film has already come out and the netizens have been divided into two blocs. While there are some who are lauding the trailer, there are some who are not too crazy about these two playing Chandro and Prakashi Tomar and are arguing why older actresses could not have played the role instead.