Actor Kangana Ranaut
landed in Mumbai on Wednesday from Himachal Pradesh, angry and caustic as she
took on the Shiv Sena, called her home 'Ram mandir', referred to 'Bullywood'
and described herself as the daughter of Chhatrapati Shivaji in a series of
tweets and a video.
IMAGE: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut arrives at
Mohali International Airport before she left for Mumbai, in Chandigarh, on
Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo
The Queen actor,
who has been given Y-plus category security from the Centre, was met with black
flags and slogans from protesting Shiv Sena workers.
But there was support too
from workers of the Republican Party of India-Athawale and Karni Sena, who also
gathered at the airport.
Addressing Maharashtra
Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray, Ranaut posted a video
message saying his 'ego will be destroyed' the way her Bandra home was
demolished.
The actor said she is
working on a project on Ayodhya but now understands the pain of Kashmir Pandits
and will also make a movie on their plight.
Ranaut, known for her
provocative statements, again compared Mumbai with Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
(PoK) after the Shiv Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation demolished
'illegal alterations' at her Bandra bungalow.
"Uddhav Thackeray, 'tujhe
kya lagta hai' (what do you think)?. You think you have taken a huge
revenge by destroying my house in collusion with the movie mafia.
"Today my house is destroyed, tomorrow it will be
your ego. The wheels of time keep changing," she said in a video message
in Hindi, referring to the chief minister in the informal 'tu' rather than the more
respectful 'aap'.
"Uddhav Thackeray, this cruelty and terrorism, it is good that it happened to me because there is some meaning to it," she said in the video.
Kangana Ranaut's 'warning' to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
In a post after the video, Ranaut wrote, 'Come Uddhav
Thackeray and Karan Johar Gang. You broke my work place, come now break my
house, then break my face and body, I want world to see clearly what you anyway
do underhand, whether I live or die I will expose you regardless.'
Ranaut in further tweets
called the BMC's action 'a case of bullying' after she claimed she exposed
drug racket.
In a series of posts earlier
in the day, Ranaut said there has been no 'illegal construction' in her house.
'... also government has
banned any demolitions in Covid till September 30, Bullywood watch now this is
what Fascism looks like #DeathOfDemocracy #KanganaRanaut,' the actor tweeted.
In another post, she wrote,
'I am never wrong and my enemies prove again and again this is why my Mumbai is
POK now #deathofdemocracy.'
This is the second time she
has referred to Mumbai as PoK, a statement that sparked the spat with the Shiv
Sena.
On Wednesday, Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut told India Today, "I have never threatened Kangana Ranaut,
I only expressed my anger at Mumbai being likened to POK, am not responsible
for what action BMC takes.. matter is over for me, Kangana is welcome to live
in Mumbai."
Ranaut also shared few
photographs of BMC officials at her house, with the captions
'Pakistan...#deathofdemocracy' and 'Babur and his army #deathofdemocracy'.
The actor posted past photos
from the building, calling it her own 'Ram Mandir'.
'Today Babur has come there
and history will repeat itself. Ram temple will be broken again but remember
Babar, this temple will be built again. Jai Shri Ram,' she tweeted.
Calling herself the daughter of Chhatrapati Shivaji, Ranaut claimed that she was fighting for her 'honour and dignity'.
IMAGE: Shiv Sena workers and supporters stage a
protest against Ranaut as she arrives at Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
in Mumbai, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo
'I have lived the courage,
valour and sacrifice of Rani Laxmibai through my film. The sad thing is that I
am being prevented from coming to my own Maharashtra.
'But I will follow the path
of Rani Laxmibai. I will not get scared or bow down to anyone. I will continue
to raise my voice against wrong, Jai Maharashtra, Jai Shivaji,' she said in
another post.
Earlier in the day, a
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation team reached the bungalow at Pali Hill in
Bandra with bulldozer and excavators and demolished alterations made sans the
civic body's approval.
The Bombay High Court,
however, stayed the demolition process initiated by the BMC and sought to know
why the city civic body entered the property when the owner was not present.
Ranaut's Manikarnika co-star
Ankita Lokhande called the actor 'Braveheart'.
'Exorbitant love & more
power to you,' she wrote on Twitter alongside a picture of Ranaut from the
movie.
Actor Renuka Shahane, who
had criticised Ranaut for comparing Mumbai to PoK, on Wednesday criticised the
BMC for the demolition in the actor's building.
'Though I did not like @KanganaTeam's comment comparing Mumbai to POK, I am appalled by the revenge demolition carried out by @mybmc. You do not have to stoop so low. @CMOMaharashtra please intervene. There is a pandemic we are dealing with. Do we need this unnecessary drama?' she wrote.
The trouble between the
ruling Shiv Sena and Kangana started after the actor said that she feared
Mumbai Police more than the 'movie mafia' after the death of Sushant Singh
Rajput and likened the Maharashtra capital to Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Reacting strongly to her
comment, Raut purportedly said, 'We kindly request her not to come to Mumbai.
This is nothing but an insult to Mumbai Police.'
Hitting back, Ranaut had tweeted last week, 'Why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir?'
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