Mumbai:When one thought the Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut couldn’t get any murkier, one wouldn’t have been more wrong. After Kangana reopened the can of worms, right before the release of her recently released dud ‘Simran,’ people called it a publicity stunt, but she was nevertheless hailed a beacon of feminism and found support from most quarters.
However, after Hrithik Roshan chose to finally break his stoic silence, one that he had maintained throughout the ordeal, Kangana’s staunchest of supporters find themselves in a soup.
“First of all, I am not a victim. I don’t think there is anything in my life that will make me think that way about myself. I know, and I have always known, that whatever I say can and will be used against me and I have to be honest that I am very, very uncomfortable right now,” he said
“I am not a confrontational person. I have never had a fight in my life – neither with a man nor a girl. Even in my divorce, there was no fight,” he said. “I know that there is absolutely no grace in what I am doing right now. There is no grace in sitting here and testifying for my character and making myself sound right and good and true, and by implication, making someone else seem wrong,” he continued.
“I was also very afraid. I’m afraid that my words would be misconstrued. If I come across as strong they might term me as aggressive, if I show emotion they might term me as weak, if I show that I am vulnerable, they say ‘he’s looking for sympathy,’” Hrithik added.
“I first met her in 2008-2009,” Hrithik began, reiterating he was never ‘friends’ with Kangana, when asked about the leaked emails, adding, “We did not become good friends. I found her to be extremely, extremely professional, not just in Kites, but through Krrish as well, to the extent that I was really, really proud of her. She came with her dialogues, and she was giving everything she had for my movies, and for an actor to give so much to my movies meant a lot. I was extremely proud of her, and I told her that several times. She said that she was inspired by me after seeing me in a film in Manali. I took that as a compliment,” he said.
“We were at a wrap party in Jordan, and I was ready to retire for the night, and she wanted to talk, and I was very, very tired, so I told her we should talk in the morning,” he said, speaking on when he realised things had started to get out of hands. “I ordered for room service, and there was a loud knock on my door, so I went to check – this was 2012, and everyone was really happy – and it was her through the keyhole.”
“She didn’t appear to be in the right state. It was a party so you’ve had a few drinks, so I called my assistant, and he came down to her room and asked her sister to come get her. Rangoli (Kangana’s sister) came and told me not to think badly of her, and that she is a good girl,” Hrithik said, “and I said of course, I’m not for a moment judging her.”
A year had passed by and Hrithik had started getting wary. “I don’t judge the behaviour, but I would not do that, my instinct said be nice.”
However, the actor had chosen to ignore the mails, rather than responding an end to it. “My higher understanding of life has taught me that ignorance is the best way forward.This is not the first time, I’ve been sent mails of this nature.
I’ve learnt in the past that my ignorance discouraged it, and that is what I thought would happen now. I spoke to my friends, I spoke to people in the industry and asked them if they knew a friend of her’s. The affect that my conversation with Rangoli last month had on me, when I heard terms like ‘rape’ I was a mess,” he said.
