‘Saand Ki Aankh’: Taapsee Pannu hits back at Rangoli Chandel over debate on ageism

Rangoli Chandel recently slammed the makers of ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ for casting young actresses to play the role of 60 plus women in the film. In this Tushar Hiranandani directorial, Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar will be seen playing the role of Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, who are the world’s oldest sharpshooters.

Rangoli went on to reveal that ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ was first offered to her sister Kangana Ranaut. However, Kangana turned down the film as she felt veteran actresses like Neena Gupta and Ramya Krishnan would be a more appropriate choice for the film. Now hitting back at Rangoli’s jibe on how sexism and ageism are deeprooted in the film industry, Taapsee has issued a statement.

Taapsee shared a lengthy post alongside the caption, “I hope and can only hope this will answer the question once n for all coz honestly now it’s getting boring for us to repeat ourselves (sic)”

I hope and can only hope this will answer the question once n for all coz honestly now it’s getting boring for us to repeat ourselves.
So all you lovely people here goes my RESPONSE –#SaandKiAankh pic.twitter.com/guldaTWaks

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) September 24, 2019

Pannu went on to lash out at everyone who were criticising casting of ‘Saand Ki Aankh’. “Have we really lost the shoulder along with our spine to support people who venture out of their comfort zone to bring about a change???? Or it’s just reserved for two females who at relatively nascent stage of their career venture out to do something, which we were told, most of the people turned down? I wonder …. I just wonder… Did we ask the same question when we all loved what Anupam Kher did in Saaransh. Did we question when Nargis Dutt played mother to Sunil Dutt? Did we question John Travolta for playing a woman in Hairspray? Did we question Eddie Murphy for playing a white Jewish man in Coming to America? Did we question when Aamir Khan played a college kid in 3 Idiots? And in the future are we going to question Ayushmann Khurrana for playing a gay man in Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan? Or these lovely allegations and questions ore reserved only for us???, ” she wrote in her post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2k2LmAJ7zw/

Rangoli again took a dig at Taapsee for her above post. Commenting on Taapsee’s post, Rangoli wrote, “Acting ka A bhi nahin aata & comparing urself to all legends bhai ja thodi acting seekh le tacky silver hair & sasta prosthetic won’t make u an actor,wat about body language f a 60 year old? Where is the aged voice? Longing fr gone youth in one’s eyes?Where is acting. So funny!”

https://twitter.com/Rangoli_A/status/1176459565447168000

Now let’s see what Taapsee has to say about it.

Also Read: ‘Saand Ki Aankh’: Here’s why Rangoli Chandel and Neena Gupta have criticized the makers

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