Actor Kangana Ranaut railed against the "movie mafia" on Thursday as she remembered Sushant Singh Rajput on his 35th birth anniversary. Rajput was found hanging at his Mumbai residence in June 2020.
Kangana Ranaut had been at the forefront of a drive to prove that there was foul play behind the death of Rajput. She had repeatedly accused key Bollywood figures of pushing Sushant Singh Rajput to his death.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Kangana tweeted, "Dear Sushant, movie mafia banned you bullied you and harassed you, many times on social media you aksed for help and I regret not being there for you. I wish I didn’t assume you are strong enough to handle mafia torture on your own. I wish ..."
Using the hashtag Sushant Day, Kangana called on people to celebrate the late actor's birth anniversary as a "celebration of life". She wrote, "Above everything celebrate Sushant day as a celebration of life, don’t let anyone tell you that you arnt good enough, don’t trust anyone more than yourself, leave people who tell you drugs are the solution and suck you dry financially and emotionally, celebrate #SushantDay."
Kangana then turned her attention to those she had previously said were inimical to Sushant such as Yash Raj films and directors Karan Johar and Mahesh Bhatt. Kangana wrote, "Never forget Sushant spoke about Yash Raj films banning him,He also spoke about Karan Johar showing him big dreams and dumping his film on streaming, then crying to the whole world that Sushant is a flop actor. Never forget all Mahesh Bhatt children are depressed yet he told Sushant that he will die Parveen Babi death, he self admittedly gave him therapy. These people collectively killed him and Sushant himslef wrote that in his social media interaction before his death. Never forgive never forget #SushantSinghRajput #SushantDay."
On a more personal note, Kangana claimed her mother once told her she should meet Sushant as “he is also a Rajput”. She tweeted, “My mother once told me, I should meet Sushant as he is also a Rajput, never in my life my mother said this about any man. I laughed it off saying it doesn’t work like that mom and thought mom is so naive... Maa Maa hoti hai, wish I hadn’t just laughed it off...big regret in life.”
Police summons
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police have summoned Kangana Ranaut in a defamation case filed by veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, an official said.
Kangana has been asked to appear before the Juhu police on Friday, the police official said.
Akhtar filed a criminal complaint against Kangana in November last year before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews.
He claimed that she dragged his name, while referring to a "coterie" existing in Bollywood, in TV interviews after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
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The complaint said Kangana had falsely claimed that Akhtar threatened her to keep silent about her alleged relationship with actor Hrithik Roshan. It noted that Kangana's remarks had tarnished Akhtar's public image.
The court on January 17 allowed the police time till February 1 to file a report of their probe into the defamation complaint.
(With PTI inputs)
