Kangana Ranaut Was Ready To Do Saand Ki Aankh If It Had A Solo Lead As A Young Woman: Anurag Kashyap
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oi-Srushti Jayadev
By Filmibeat Desk
Anurag
Kashyap,
co-producer
of
Saand
Ki
Aankh,
revealed
that
Kangana
Ranaut
was
approached
for
the
film
but
she
wanted
it
to
be
changed
from
two
characters
to
one,
and
from
old
to
young.
Saand
Ki
Aankh,
which
eventually
starred
Taapsee
Pannu
and
Bhumi
Pednekar,
was
a
biographical
movie
on
two
sharp
shooters,
Chandro
and
Prakashi
Tomar,
both
over
60
years
of
age.
In
that
sense,
if
the
script
had
been
modified
according
to
Kangana's
alleged
wishes,
it
would
have
not
remained
a
biographical
film.
Speaking
to
NDTV,
Anurag
said,
"When
Saand
Ki
Aankh
script
was
pitched
by
Tushar
to
Kangana,
she
said
the
story
is
great
but
what
is
the
need
for
two
characters?
Make
them
one
and
young
and
I
will
do
it."
He
added,
"All
her
films
have
now
become
about
herself.
She
thinks
probably
that
is
how
stars
make
films.
She
is
such
a
big
star
but
is
she
empowering
people?"
Interestingly,
Anurag
has
countered
what
Kangana's
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
had
claimed
earlier.
When
actress
Neena
Gupta
had
questioned
why
senior
actresses
were
not
given
the
roles,
Rangoli
had
claimed
that
Kangana
was
approached
for
the
film,
but
had
told
the
makers
to
cast
senior
actresses
like
Neena
and
Ramya
Krishnan
in
it.
Without
addressing
Anurag
Kashyap
directly,
Kangana's
team
tweeted
that
'some
woke
liberals'
were
lying
about
Saand
Ki
Aankh,
and
that
the
actress
had
'sacrificed
a
good
script'
so
that
senior
actresses
could
get
a
chance.
"Shame
on
these
jokers
for
spreading
lies," they
wrote,
not
mentioning
who
exactly
was
lying.
..she
sacrificed
a
good
a
script
but
their
desperation
ruined
an
opportunity
of
a
good
film
about
grandparents
and
senior
acrtresses
lost
out
on
work
who
need
to
be
seen
by
audiences
in
new
light,
shame
on
these
jokers
for
spreading
lies
..