Kangana Ranaut has defended her statement on calling Urmila Matondkar a “soft porn” actress after being verbally attacked by Congress members.
Having joined politics, she was recently subjected to harsh words at a conference, and upon expressing grievance over such behavior, people asked her to recall when she said similar things to the Rangeela lead.
At a Times Now summit, the actor clarified those remarks, “Is soft porn or porn star an objectionable term? No! It is a word that is not socially acceptable. No other country treats porn stars with such respect as we do, ask Sunny Leone.”
According to her, art has “different realms,” and the form which can “intellectually motivate” someone is much superior to its “sensational” counterpart, which holds the power to physically stimulate an individual.
Adding that she belongs to the intellectual clan, Kangana said, “I personally believe that I belong to that balanced cinema artiste tribe. I have never done item numbers.”
“I was asked to comment on Urmila ji asking on what basis was the BJP considering me for a foray into politics. So, all I said was that if she could join Congress with her kind of filmography, then I have a more ravishing body of work,” she said.
Going forth, the star asked that Bollywood women are comfortable when they’re addressed with terms such as tandoori murghi, chammak challo, and munni, so why something like “soft porn” is down looked upon?
She stated, “If they are happy calling themselves tandoori murghi, item girl, Sheila ki jawani, why is it seen something as violating? It is a matter of fact. If they are comfortable with that, why do you want to shame her about it?”
Kangana then turned to Urmila and explained her stance: “I personally didn’t have the intention of shaming her. All I tried to say is that I respect your art. If I respect your art, why don’t you respect my art?”
