Kangana Ranaut: 'Turned Down Salman Khan's Sultan & Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Ranbir Kapoor Came to My House and Offered...'

Aug. 26, 2024, 3:33 a.m.

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Kangana Ranaut is preparing for her second directorial venture, Emergency, where she portrays Indira Gandhi. The film is scheduled for release in cinemas on September 6. In a conversation with Siddharth Kanan, she revealed how she declined acting roles offered by actors such as Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Ranbir Kapoor.

She said, “People are very kind to me. People are very kind to me that way. Because I think somewhere they recognise that, ‘Kangana isn’t speaking for her little gain’. For example, when Salman asked me to do Bajrangi Bhaijaan, I said, ‘Yeh kya role tumne mujhe diya (What kind of a role have you given me)?’”

Advertisement She added, “He then called me for Sultan. So he said, ‘Ab isse zyada kya role chahiye. Heroines ka aesa hi role hota hai (What better role do you want. Heroines get such roles). Even other heroes, Ranbir himself, came to my house and said, ‘Sanju mein role karle please (Please do a role in Sanju).’ I didn’t do it…”

On Akshay Kumar

“Akshay Kumar, when he did Singh Is Bliing, he called me, ‘Tu na mere saath hi kaam nahi karna chahti hai. Tereko na mujhse koi problem hai (You don’t want to work only with me. You have a problem with me)’. I said, ‘Sir, sach mein mujhe koi problem nahi hai (Sir, I genuinely don’t have a problem)’.

The actress continued, “I said, ‘Sir, honestly koi problem nahi hai (Sir, honestly I don’t have a problem)’. Now, when they meet me, they don’t have any grudges. Salman is so kind he keeps talking to me.”