In a recent interview, actor Swara Bhasker addressed the irony of Kangana Ranaut, who was slapped by a CISF constable, despite previously using her platform to justify violence. Bhasker emphasized that violence is indefensible but noted the disparity between Ranaut’s experience and the reality faced by many in India, where people are dying due to violence.
Kangana Ranaut, who has been vocal about various issues, was slapped by a CISF constable at Chandigarh airport, allegedly because of her past comments about the farmers’ protests. When asked about the incident in an interview with Connect Cine, Swara Bhasker remarked on the situation, highlighting the contrast between Ranaut’s experience and the more severe violence occurring in the country.
“Anybody who is a reasonable person will say that whatever happened with Kangana was wrong,” Swara Bhasker said as she spoke about the incident, which happened on June 6. “There is nobody who will justify the violence or an act of assault which Kangana suffered. So yes, what happened with her was wrong and shouldn’t have happened. It is not right to assault anyone. What people were telling Kangana’s right-wing supporters was that they shouldn’t be speaking up about this, because they are those who justify lynching.
Swara Bhasker acknowledged that any reasonable person would condemn the assault on Kangana Ranaut.
However, she criticized Kangana Ranaut’s supporters for justifying other acts of violence, including lynching and police brutality.
“Kangana just got slapped–and even that should not have happened–but at least she is alive, and has her security around. In this country, people have lost their lives, they’ve been lynched to death, shot dead in a train by a security personnel, in riots, security personnel have been recorded beating up people. Jo log ye saare acts ko justify kar rahe hai, woh phir aake Kangana ke case pe hume mat sikhao.”
Swara, who co-starred with Kangana in “Tanu Weds Manu” and its sequel, accused Ranaut of inciting violence and calling for an “almost genocide.” She pointed out that Ranaut’s past tweets, including those justifying Will Smith’s slap at the Oscars, have resurfaced, highlighting her contradictory stance on violence.
Kangana Ranaut had previously defended Smith’s actions, saying she would have reacted similarly if her mother or sister were insulted. Bhasker commented that while justice was served in Ranaut’s case with the suspension of the constable, many perpetrators of violence in India remain unpunished.
Following the incident, Ranaut criticized those who mocked her, accusing them of having “psychological criminal tendencies.”
“The problem with the Kangana case is that she herself has used her platform to justify violence. Her past tweets resurfaced, including the one for which she was banned from Twitter, where she has almost called for a genocide… Then she had also justified Will Smit slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, saying that if her mother or sister was abused, she would have also slapped someone. So now what do you say? What happened to her wasn’t right, and the one who did that has already been suspended and punished. So there, justice has been served, but those who have been killed in the last ten years in the country, the perpetrators are roaming free,”
she added.
The Mohali police filed an FIR against the CISF constable involved under Sections 323 and 341 of the Indian Penal Code.
