Kangana Ranaut comments on Mahesh Babu’s statement says, ‘Bollywood can definitely not afford him’
Kangana Ranaut has now jumped into the controversy around Mahesh Babu’s comment about Bollywood. The actress stated that the Telugu star was right, and Bollywood can certainly not afford stars like him. The actress was present at the second trailer launch of her upcoming film Dhaakad.
Last week, when asked about appearing in Hindi films, Mahesh Babu stated that Bollywood “couldn’t afford” him. He later clarified, however, that he does not want to work for “another industry” and instead wants to focus solely on Telugu films.
Asked to comment on Mahesh’s statement, Kangana told the media, “He’s right, Bollywood cannot afford Mahesh Babu because I know for a fact that many filmmakers offer him many movies and he and his generation singlehandedly have made the Telugu film industry the number 1 film industry in India. So now, Bollywood can definitely not afford them.”
“Why create controversies on small things? If he said that in some context, I think it only makes sense. We can also say Hollywood cannot afford us or say whatever way we want to convey our point. But here’s one thing, I think he has shown respect for his work and industry which is why he has reached the level he is at today and we cannot deny that. The Telugu film industry did not get anything on a platter. They’ve left behind everyone, even the Tamil industry, in recent years. We have lots to learn from them. As for the languages, I have talked about it at length. I believe all languages in our country are equally respectable. It is a small thing that we respect each other’s languages,” she said.
Kangana Ranaut also stated that a non-Marathi speaker visiting Maharashtra should learn Marathi and a non-Hindi speaker visiting northern India should learn Hindi.
