¡®Kangana Is Not A Pushover Heroine¡¯, R Madhavan Heaps Praises On His Tanu Weds Manu Co-star

Actor R Madhavan worked with Kangana Ranaut for one of the most popular franchises in Bollywood: Tanu Weds Manu. The duo¡¯s on-screen pair was largely appreciated by fans across and both the parts became blockbusters. Madhavan in a new interview has heaped praises on the Queen actress.

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Where Madhavan was last seen in Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Kangana featured in Dhaakad.

Madhavan in a recent interaction with Rohan Dua was asked about working with Kangana to which he replied, ¡°If you look at all the leading ladies of all my films, they are very very strong. I had the good fortune of growing up with some really strong women in my house itself. My mother was the manager of a bank in Bihar for 30 years. So you see how strong women are.¡±

¡°I think they are the stronger species. They last much longer. If you look at your grandparents, I can promise you that today your grandfather would be actually relying more on your grandmother than vice versa. That's a universal truth that all men have to reconcile with.¡±

Madhavan then talked about Kangana and shared, ¡°Working with the likes of Kangana or Shalini or all the strong women that I had the good fortune to work with, they were all women with opinions. They are not pushovers. They are not the clich¨¦ heroines, who come in and dance in a couple of movies and get slapped by the man and walk away.¡±

¡°These are not the kind of films I have ever done or want to do in my life. People who indulge in those kinds of stories are really foolish in today's world. But to recognise the strength that they bring on to the screen because of their personal achievements as well as their experience and their ability to act is very important.¡±

Madhavan continued, ¡°I am giving Kangana the due credit for it, it is extremely smart and important for all of us. She is really an extraordinary actor who brings so much to the roles that she does. And look at what she is doing today across all genres of films, I am quite in awe.¡±

Madhavan will soon be seen in The Railway Men whose story is inspired by the Bhopal gas tragedy.

The show will also star Babil Khan, Kay Kay Menon and Divyendu Sharma. Kangana in her kitty next has Tejas, Emergency, Sita and Noti Binodini's biopic.

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