Apurva Asrani Slams Kangana Ranaut; Says 'Star Hijacking A Film Is The Worst Form Of Hara-kiri'
In a cryptic tweet, screenwriter Apurva Asrani took a sly dig at Kangana Ranaut for hijacking a film and described it as 'the worst form of hara-kiri'.
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In
a
cryptic
tweet,
screenwriter
Apurva
Asrani
took
a
sly
dig
at
Kangana
Ranaut
for
hijacking
a
film
and
described
it
as
'the
worst
form
of
hara-kiri'.
Without
taking
any
name,
Apurva's
tweet
alluded
to
the
controversy
surrounding
the
historical-drama
Manikarnika:
The
Queen
of
Jhansi,
which
saw
Sonu
Sood
exiting
the
project.
"A
star
hijacking
a
film
and
running
down
the
hard
work
of
crew
member/s
is
the
worst
form
of
hara-kiri
there
is.
When
affected
filmmakers
cannot
control
this
and
instead
put
on
a
facade
of
a
'dignified
silence',
they
allow
a
monstrous
ego
to
go
on
a
rampage
and
eventually
kill
the
film,"
the
"Aligarh"
writer
wrote.
On
Friday,
after
Sonu
announced
his
departure
from
the
film,
Kangana
had
said
that
he'd
decided
to
quit
the
project
because
she
was
directing
the
reshoots
and
patchwork.
In
his
response,
the
actor
said
even
though
Kangana
is
a
good
friend,
making
the
entire
issue
about
male
chauvinism
is
'ridiculous'.
"The
gender
of
the
director
is
not
the
issue,
competence
is,"
he'd
previously
said,
regarding
his
decision
to
quit
the
film.
Last
year,
Apurva
had
alleged
that
Kangana,
who
has
been
credited
as
additional
dialogue
and
story
writer
in
her
last
release,
Simran,
tried
to
discredit
his
work
in
public
by
saying
that
she
developed
the
story
with
director
Hansal
Mehta
from
a
one-line
script.
The
actor,
however,
dismissed
the
claims.