The trailer of Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu's 'Saand Ki Aankh' has evoked too many reactions. Amidst these reactions, there is a war that has been triggered between the Ranaut sisters and Taapsee Pannu.
Rangoli and Kangana have time and again locked horns with Taapsee Pannu on social media but this time, it's mostly about pulling her down for choosing a role that a 60 year old actor could have played better.
In case you are wondering how ugly the spat has become, here's everything that has conspired ever since the trailer of the film was released on 23rd September.?
1. The fiasco started when one of the users on Twitter remarked about the age of the two lead actors who have hardly touched their early 30s and are playing old women onscreen.
"There are great roles written for women over 40 when you're hired to play them under 40": Tina Fay. I never get the infatuation of Hindi Films with youth, especially when it comes to women. This trailer is the emblematic representation of NOT practicing what you preach," the user Nikhil Sharma wrote.
2. Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel and others criticised? Taapsee Pannu for her role in the upcoming film 'Saand Ki Aankh.'
Taapsee and Bhumi Pednekar will be seen playing the role of two octogenarian sharpshooters was questioned by Chandel about why older actors were not cast in the film.
3. Rangoli also made a revelation that the film was earlier offered to her sister Kangana but she turned it down and suggested the makers to cast older woman like Neena Gupta, Ramya Krishnan, and "fight ageism and sexism in Bollywood".
4. Taking a jibe on the comments made by Rangoli on Twitter, Taaspee posted a lengthy statement as her answer.
"I wonder... I just wonder... Do we ever want to embrace the positivity or just keep latching on to negativity and glorifying it to save our lack of risk-taking tendencies? Have we really lost the shoulder along with our spine to support people who venture out of their comfort zone to bring about a change ???? Or it's just reserved for 2 females who at a relatively nascent stage of their career venture out to do something, which we were told, most of the people turned down? I wonder ....," the 'Game Over' actor wrote.
5. "Did we ask the same question when we all loved what Anupam Kher did in Saaransh. Did we question when Nargis Dutt played mother to Sunil Dutt? Did we question John Travolta for playing a woman in Hairspray? Did we question Eddie Murphy for playing a white Jewish man in Coming to America? Did we question when Aamir Khan played a college kid in 3 idiots? And in the future, are we going to question Ayushmann Khurrana for playing a gay man in 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan," Taapsee asked.
6. Taking the debate on to the next tangent, Rangoli posted a series of tweet expressing her views on "deeply rooted sexism" in Bollywood fraternity.
"Dear Nikhil it's heartbreaking to see how our media first killed MeToo in India now making a joke out of feminism, Vikas Bahl and the director of this movie wanted Kangana to do this film, she clearly told them to cast an older woman and fight agism and sexism in Bollywood," Chandel tweeted.
7. Now, Rangoli Chandel said that Taapsee lacks the body language for a 60 year old and being a poor performer, she shouldn't be comparinhg herself with legends like Aamir Khan, Eddie Murphy, John Trivolta, and Nargis Dutt. Rangoli Chandel tweeted:
"Acting ka A bhi nahin aata & comparing urself to all legends bhai ja thodi acting seekh le tacky silver hair & sasta prosthetic won’t make u an actor,wat about body language for a 60 year old? Where is the aged voice? Longing fr gone youth in one’s eyes? Where is acting So funny!"
Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the?film seems to be close to the hearts of the two leading ladies as they have been quite active in sharing insights into their shooting experience. The actors wrapped up shooting for the film in April. The film which also stars Prakash Jha, Viineet Kumar, and Shaad Randhaw is produced by Anurag Kashyap and Nidhi Parmar and is scheduled to hit theaters this Diwali.?