Actor Mukesh Khanna made headlines on Monday after commenting on actor Sonakshi Sinha‘s upbringing, making a reference to a past interaction during which she had failed to answer a question about the Ramayana. Recalling that incident, Mukesh said in an interview with Siddharth Kannan, “People were angry that Sonakshi didn’t know this, but I would say it’s not her fault—it’s her father’s fault. Why didn’t they teach their children this? Why did they become so modern?”
Reacting to his comments, Sonakshi shared a note on social media, defending her father and calling out his hypocrisy. She wrote, “Dear Sir, Mukesh Khanna ji… I recently read a statement you made saying that it’s my father’s fault I did not correctly answer a question about the Ramayana on a show I attended many years back. Firstly let me remind you there were two women on the hot seat that day who did not know the answer to the same question, but you chose to keep taking my name, and only my name, for reasons which are quite obvious.”
Also Read: Mukesh Khanna blames Shatrughan Sinha for Sonakshi Sinha’s lack of Ramayana knowledge: ‘Why didn’t they teach their kids?’
Sonakshi Sinha hits back at Mukesh Khanna for blaming her father Shatrughan Sinha for her upbringing (Photo: Sonakshi Sinha / Instagram)
The note further read as, “Yes, I may have blanked out that day, a human tendency, and forgotten who the Sanjeevani Booti was brought for, but clearly, you have also forgotten some of the lessons of forgive and forget taught by lord Ram himself. If lord Ram can forgive Manthara, if he can forgive Kaikeyi, if he can even forgive Ravan after the great battle was done, surely you can let go of this extremely small thing in comparison. Not that I need your forgiveness. But yes, I definitely need you to forget and stop bringing up the same incident time and again to be back in the news at the expense of me and my family.”
“And lastly, the next time you decide to say anything about the values my father has instilled in me, please remember it’s because of those values that I have only said what I said, very respectfully, after you decided to make some distasteful statements about my upbringing. I wish you well, thanks and regards,” Sonakshi Sinha wrote in conclusion.
Earlier this year, Sonakshi Sinha married her long-time partner Zaheer Iqbal. She was last seen in the film Kakuda; her most recent on-screen appearance was with her parents and husband on The Great Indian Kapil Show on Netflix.
Why should you buy our Subscription?
You want to be the smartest in the room.
You want access to our award-winning journalism.
You don’t want to be misled and misinformed.
Choose your subscription package
Click for more updates and latest Bollywood news along with Entertainment updates. Also get latest news and top headlines from India and around the world at The Indian Express.
