Kangana Ranaut slams reducing relationships to ‘body counts’, blames ‘western culture’ for spouses killing each other
Here's the latest relationship update doing the rounds:
Star and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has reacted to the shocking incident in Bengaluru where a woman and her lover killed her husband as well as her 5-year-old son. Kangana pointed out how such cases have seen a rise in India in the last few months, and warned against the consequences of normalising westernised culture where human relationships are reduced to ‘body counts’.
Adding to this, BJP MP and star Kangana Ranaut has spoken up about what she calls 'westernised' values in relationships. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) (PTI) What Kangana shared Kangana reposted a news report of the Bengaluru case on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday and wrote a long caption along with it. It read, “Every other day news is full of such cases, women throwing men off the cliff, or men packing women in blue drums? It's easy to be westernised but people in the west are not deleting each other under social pressures of arranged marriage or conservative culture.”
Meanwhile, She went on to add, “It sounds very cool to be accepting of it all until its you or your own child that ends up in a drum. So wake up don't let this culture of benching, ghosting, crumbing, body counts to desensitise you. Don't normalise it. Once you are okay with human relations being reduced to mere body counts then don't cry when you will be reduced to a dead body.”
Notably, “Say no to westernised culture of calling human relationships as just body counts. Get ready to troll me but remember there is a blue drum in your vicinity too ha ha, bye have a good day,” she concluded. In her next story, Kangana shared a picture of a blue drum and wrote that this is for all her friends who call human relationships as body counts.
As per the latest buzz, Meanwhile, Kangana found herself at the centre of a row in the last few weeks after a series of social media posts targeting Gen Z protesters associated with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement. She described some young protesters as the "gutter generation" and asked, “Who is birthing and raising them?” The remarks quickly sparked widespread criticism from opposition parties, CJP leaders and social media users.
In further updates, Later, she pivoted to praise Gen Z as India's biggest strength and ambassadors of the country's culture and identity.
On top of that, On the work front, Kangana was last seen in the movie Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata . Directed by Manoj Tapadia, the movie was based on the true story of the nurses and staff at Cama Hospital who saved the lives of patients during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. It is available to stream on Zee5 from August 14.
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Source: Hindustan Times