Kangana Ranaut’s decision to not work with the Khans is a professional strategy. Read On…

Ever since she made some feisty and outspoken statements on the episode of ‘Koffee With Karan 5’, Kangana Ranaut has been grabbing attention all the more. While if her ‘nepotism’ comment on Karan Johar has been making noise everywhere and raising debates, her stand to not work with the three big Khans of Bollywood raised quite a few eyeballs. (Also Read: Dear Kangana Ranaut, aren’t you letting your boastful ego do the talking?)

On ‘KWK 5’, Kangana touched upon this topic of not working with the Khans ever, stating that she may not get equal weightage in the film. But now, in her interview with Rajeev Masand, Kangana has spoken in length over this.

She elaborated on her policy of not working with the Khans by saying, “In fact, there is no longevity with working with Khans. It’s the other way around. Where would it take me? Can it take me a notch higher than where I already am? It cannot! What can it give me that I have already not achieved? I can’t see a single thing…if you can tell me.”

She further quoted to Deccan Chronicle, “I have popularity. I have built a fan following of mine, where do I go from here. The only way I can last is by growth. That I will only get if I go a notch higher than my last film. In a film, there’s only one hero. There are exceptions of course. Let’s talk about a Khan film. Who is the hero in that film? When I have done and am working on films that give me the possibility of building a brand of my own individually, it will be very stupid of me to go and stand behind someone else and try and en-cash their popularity.”

Finally, she spoke about how she has no bitterness against any of the Khans and that it’s a professional strategy. Kangana quipped, “Not really. Aamir is kind to discuss his films with me. It’s not that I have a different attitude towards them when I am around them. My attitude remains the same. Until ‘Queen’, I was very open to working the Khans. After ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, I realised that if in a film, I am not the hero, it will disappoint everyone. It’s a very professional strategy that I have adopted. And Shah Rukh sir, I am a huge fan. It’s very unfortunate that our paths will never cross.”

What do the Khans have to comment on this?

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

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