Kangana Ranaut’s top 7 controversies: From calling Hrithik a ‘silly ex’ to comparing Mumbai to PoK

Controversy and Kangana Ranaut often go hand-in-hand. The Bollywood star made her political debut recently as she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. She will be contesting from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh in the upcoming General Elections 2024 on a BJP ticket. Hours after Kangana's induction to the party was announced, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate's Instagram shared a post featuring the actress with an objectionable comment.

The post was pulled down after many deemed it inappropriate and misogynist. Later, Shrinate shared a video message on social media that her account was accessed by someone else and the post was not shared by her.

Kangana too reacted to Shrinate's post by stating, "We must free our daughters from the shackles of prejudices, we must rise above the curiosity about their body parts and above all we must refrain from using sex workers challenging lives or circumstances as some kind of abuse or slur… every woman deserves her dignity…"

Congress digs up old Kangana video calling Urmila Matondkar a 'soft porn star'

Kangana, however, has not been new to controversy. In recent years, the actress has created headlines with her controversial remarks on social media as well as in interviews.

Here's a look at the top 7 controversies of Kangana Ranaut.

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Calling Karan Joharthe flag bearer of nepotism on Koffee With Karan

While appearing in one of the episodes of Koffee with Karan, Kangana termed Karan Johar, the host of the chat show and noted Indian fimmaker as "flag bearer of nepotism", which sparked a huge debate in the entirety of Bollywood.

Commenting on the freedom of India in 1947

Another comment made by the actress that led to huge uproar was her remarkon India's independence. At a news summit in 2021, Kangana said, "The freedom we got in 1947 was a 'bheekh' (alms), the citizens of India got real freedom in 2014." While Kangana's reference to PM Modi's tenure was evident, she also was criticised for dismissing the efforts of several freedom fighters.

Spreading hate and account suspension on Twitter

The same year, an FIR was filed against Kangana for allegedly spreading hate propaganda and inciting communal violence in West Bengal.

The complaint stated that the actor had maligned the image of West BengalChief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The police filed a case against Kangana after she took a direct dig at Banerjee while responding to the post-poll violence in West Bengal. Her remarks led to the suspension of her X (then Twitter) account for provoking anger and violence. The account was restored only two years later.

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Urmila Matondkar, a ‘soft porn star’

In 2020, Kangana called actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar 'a soft porn star' while speaking to a news channel. Urmila was back then a Congress Party leader and had contested the the 2019 elections. Kangana made the statement against Urmila, then a Congress leader, during a TV interview.

When she was asked about her political aspirations, Kangana responded saying if Urmila, who according to her was only known for her ‘soft porn films’, could get an election ticket, why couldn’t she? The comment after Urmila had called Kangana out for her comments on veteran actress Jaya Bachchan.

Her relationship with Hrithik Roshan

This was perhaps the ugliest. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan slapped a legal case against Kangana after she called him a 'silly ex'. Kangana Ranaut had claimed that the two had an affair while working for Krrish 3 which Roshan denied. Several leaked emails from both sides followed and they both gave multiple interviews to prove their point of the story to various media channels.

Comparing Mumbai to Pakistan

In 2020, she faced severe backlash and a legal notice after she stated that Mumbai police "haunts her more than the mafias of Bollywood". She then compared Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This led to a political turbulence, and the involvement of thethen Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. A municipal crew paid a surprise visit to Kangana's production house, and issued her a notice for illegal construction, and later even carried out a demolition drive.

Threats to sue Filmfare for nominating her

In 2022, Kangana reportedly threatened the leading film magazine Filmfare for persistently nominating and inviting the actress for her film Thalaivii.

She took to her Instagram story and wrote, "I've banned unethical, corrupt and totally unfair practices like @filmfare since 2014, but since I have been getting many calls from them for attending their award function this year as they want to give me award for Thalaivii... I am shocked to know that they are still nominating me."