Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films as well as television series. His career spanned over 40 years as an actor producer, director and singer Besides acting, he also does a radio show named Suhana Safar with Annu Kapoor, which airs on 92.7 FM he has won numerous awards in his career, including two national film awards one Filmfare award and two Indian Television Academy awards.
Lately, Annu Kapoor’s Hamare Baarah, directed and produced by Ravi S Gupta, was in the headlines for allegedly targeting a particular religion. The film’s release was also put on hold. However, on Wednesday, the Bombay High Court granted permission to release the film after the petitioners and filmmakers agreed to certain edits suggested by the court. The makers of the movie were also fined Rs 75 lakh for releasing a trailer featuring uncertified scenes. The film, which was initially scheduled to release on July 7, was finally released on June 21. Recently, Annu Kapoor held a press conference for his controversial film Hamare Baarah after its release on Friday, and this veteran actor made headlines after asking, “Who is Kangana Ranaut?”
On Friday, during a media interaction, the veteran actor was asked about the security personnel who slapped actress and MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport. Annu’s reply shocked people present at the venue and now the people on the internet are also shocked after watching Annu’s response.
A video of the incident from the press meeting is now going viral on social media. In the video, a media person can be heard asking, “What do you have to say about Kangana’s slap incident?” To this, the actor says, “First, tell me, who is Kangana? If you are asking me about her, I am sure she must be some big heroine. Who is she? Is she beautiful?” Then someone from the crowd informs him that she is a recently elected MP from Mandi. To this, Annu says, “Now she is an MP too? Then she is powerful.”He adds, “I was already jealous that she was pretty because I am not; on top of that, she holds power. And you are telling me that some officer slapped her? In that case, I think she should definitely take legal action against the accused.” He then confirms if the officer was wearing uniform or not. On learning that she was, the actor said that in that case, Kangana should definitely file an FIR under several sections against her.
A day after the election results, when Kangana Ranaut was heading to Delhi, she was slapped by a security personnel at the Chandigarh airport. Soon, the actress took to her social media handles to let her fans know that she was safe but expressed concern over the incident. It was then reported that the accused CISF constable was suspended after the incident.
After this incident happened, several other celebrities and audience have expressed their views and opinions about it, but Kangana has remained silent and never replied to most of these comments.
