‘Jab dekho Pakistan ke prem mein yeh mare rahte hain,’ Kangana Ranaut defends calling Naseeruddin Shah ‘lomdi’ after reacting to his ‘dog’ comment

Actor and MP Kangana Ranaut had reacted to Naseeruddin Shah‘s ‘dog’ comment for Bollywood people who did not support CJP protests. A while ago, Piyush Mishra had responded to Shah post which Kangana called him a ‘lomdi’. She had said on Instagram stories, “Sach toh yeh hai har koi kisi na kisi ka kutta hai, lekin mujhe iss baat ka garv hai ki main jis ghar (desh) ki roti khati hoon uski rakhwali karti hoon/ uske liye ladti hoon, Nasir Saab khaate toh iss desh ka hain lekin ladte padose desh keliye hain. (The truth is, everyone is someone’s dog, but I am proud that I guard and fight for the home (country) whose bread I eat. Nasir Saab eats the bread of this country, but fights for the neighbouring country).”Now the actress has now defended calling him a fox. Kangana recalled the unrest surrounding protests at Jantar Mantar, claiming that some of her fellow parliamentarians faced attacks on their vehicles while around 2,500 people gathered outside her residence. She said the situation required a heavy police presence and kept her family awake at night. Kangana questioned the response of the film fraternity to those incidents, contrasting it with its reaction to alleged oppression faced by students in Jharkhand. She said in an interview with ANI, “So when a situation like this was unfolding at Jantar Mantar, they were all shedding crocodile tears. But now that children in Jharkhand are facing this kind of oppression, aren’t they Gen Z too? Is someone only considered Gen Z if they act against the country or abuse the Prime Minister? They themselves have been made to appear anti-youth. This hypocrisy in the film industry will not work. The crocodile tears that people from the film industry were shedding for Jantar Mantar, they should shed the same tears for the children in Jharkhand as well.”She also explained why she had referred to Shah as a “lomdi”, citing his earlier comments and public statements. Kangana said, “I said this about Naseeruddin Shah because he had made such a distasteful video in which he was making threats of this kind. And whenever you look at his films, interviews or statements, it is always about Pakistan. Yeh Pakistan ki prem katha kab khatam hogi? Jab dekho Pakistan ke prem mein yeh mare rahte hain. Ab Partition ko bhi itne saal ho gaye hain toh yeh love story khatam kyun nahi ho rahi hai (When will this love story with Pakistan end? He is always obsessed with his love for Pakistan. So many years have passed since Partition, so why hasn’t this love story ended yet?).”The remarks stem from an earlier intervention by Naseeruddin Shah, who had spoken against alleged police brutality involving students protesting at Jantar Mantar during a Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP)-led demonstration related to the NEET paper leak. Kangana’s latest comments have now added another chapter to the ongoing public exchange between the two actors.