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TAAPSEE PANNU RHEA CHAKRABORTY

‘Gandhari’ to premiere on September 3 Actor calls herself ‘the most trolled person in the country’

ctor Taapsee Pannu is ctor Rhea Chakraborty, who
set to headline the up- is currently seen in the sec-
Acoming action-thriller Aond season of ‘The Traitors’,
‘Gandhari’, which follows Bani, opened up about her past and why
a mother who faces a series of she did not want to take on the role
challenges and goes to extraor- of a ‘traitor’ on the reality show.
dinary lengths to find and protect In the fifth episode of the popular
her daughter. Set in the fictional show, Shweta Tiwari asked Rhea to
town of Joypurra, ‘Gandhari’ ex- explain why she was not the traitor.
plores a mother’s love, resilience, Rhea said she did not want to take
courage and sacrifice as Bani nav- on a role that could remind people of
igates a dangerous world in her re- the difficult phase in her personal life. “I
lentless pursuit of her daughter. The don’t want to be the traitor. The reason is
film also stars Ishwak Singh, Chhaya that the world already sees me as a traitor. Do you
Kadam, Swastika Mukherjee, Mita understand? It is coming from my personal life journey.
Vashisht and Jatin Sarna. So I don’t want to come on a show and willingly murder
Written and produced by Kani- here. This will be very bad for me. People will make dirty
ka Dhillon and directed by Devashish memes out of it,” she said. “I am the most trolled person in
Makhija, the film marks one of Pannu’s most the country. You all know what that means? I am not the traitor,
physically demanding roles and combines intense action with an all of you are making a big mistake. This is a distraction from the
emotional storyline, as per the press release. Kanika Dhillon, writ- one who is a traitor. One thing about me is that I don’t go with the
er and producer of the film, said she wanted to tell the story of a herd and I am not easily influenced. But my personality is such that
woman who refuses to be defined by her circumstances. I can influence people,” she added.

KANGANA RANAUT

Star questions Sharmila Tagore’s take on ‘Vande Mataram’

ctor-politician Kangana Ranaut has reacted to veteran actor Sharmila Tago-
re’s recent comments on ‘Vande Mataram,’ saying that the poem should not be
Aviewed only through a religious lens. The ‘Queen’ actress, on Thursday, shared
a video of Tagore’s recent interview on her Instagram Stories and said she respected the
veteran actor’s right to have reservations about the national song. However, she disagreed
with the way Sharmila had interpreted the poem. Speaking about the poem as an artist,
Kangana said poetry often uses metaphors and imagination to convey a larger message.
She wrote, “I appreciate that Sharmila ji has spoken about her reservation on Vande
Mataram, but I am shocked as an artist how can her views on art/poetry can be so limiting
and contrived, in any poetry or song words are metaphors, a poet or artist uses all kinds of
imaginations draws unbelievable parallels to bring about the desirable effect, Vande Ma-
tram is the spirit of freedom struggle Bankim Chandra ji is compelling the nation to awaken
the Shakti within, how can you reduce such a great piece of art to mere religious practice.”

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