Kangana Ranaut on Bollywood actress molestation case: Why are we judging and trolling her?
| Dec 14, 2017, 12:03 IST
Kangana Ranaut pronounced it is dauntless of this actor to share her story of harassment. Bollywood teenage actor, who was recently molested on a flight. She also said that management companies often tell such young girls not to be associated with such incidents.
At a recent event Kangana Ranaut talked about the whole incident, “I want to bring to your notice this young girl, who has spoken about this harassment that she faced in a flight. But look at the backlash she is getting. It is so upsetting. I mean there are witnesses, who are claiming that the innocent man just happened to put his foot on the arm-rest and that’s the only crime that the person committed. If anyone is going to put foot on my arm-rest, it’s open to interpretation, that if this is emotional or sexual harassment or personal because you are in my intimate space and I will interpret it. Your fellow passengers can’t tell me that his innocent leg was resting.”
Kangana even said, “A young girl decides to step up and say that she has been harassed, there are so many things like your own parents, people who wish you well and your management companies, they tend to tell you, ‘Don’t associate yourself with something dark. You are the girl, who wants this brand, that brand, who wants this and that film.’ For that young girl to go against all of that and speak up. Now, I am not in that position so I don’t know what kind of harassment it was. But everyone agrees on one thing that the foot was on her arm-rest. This is wrong. It is very wrong. Why are we judging and trolling her? In this kind of environment, which is so frightening, who will speak up?”
“Most people saying that he was just keeping his foot on the armrest, taking an innocent nap. For me, it is highly offensive. I would have broken his leg. So, I think it is arguable. I am not dissecting or jumping to the conclusion and no one should play judge whether it is me or media or social media,” she said.
The young actress said that she was molested by a man sitting behind her in the Delhi-Mumbai flight. She said the man had kept his foot on her arm-rest and rubbed his foot against her back and neck while she was asleep. But the man’s wife later apologised and said his leg accidently touched the actress. But according to the sources the actress apparently shouted at the man and asked him to put his foot down. After landing she shared the whole incident on Instagram. She got trolled for not reacting strongly with that man. Some people even said if she had the time and courage to share about the harassment in an Instagram post, she should have been strong enough to give back to the accused. There are also those who termed the case a publicity stunt by the 17-year-old actor, who is currently among the popular names in the Hindi film industry.
At a recent event Kangana Ranaut talked about the whole incident, “I want to bring to your notice this young girl, who has spoken about this harassment that she faced in a flight. But look at the backlash she is getting. It is so upsetting. I mean there are witnesses, who are claiming that the innocent man just happened to put his foot on the arm-rest and that’s the only crime that the person committed. If anyone is going to put foot on my arm-rest, it’s open to interpretation, that if this is emotional or sexual harassment or personal because you are in my intimate space and I will interpret it. Your fellow passengers can’t tell me that his innocent leg was resting.”
Kangana even said, “A young girl decides to step up and say that she has been harassed, there are so many things like your own parents, people who wish you well and your management companies, they tend to tell you, ‘Don’t associate yourself with something dark. You are the girl, who wants this brand, that brand, who wants this and that film.’ For that young girl to go against all of that and speak up. Now, I am not in that position so I don’t know what kind of harassment it was. But everyone agrees on one thing that the foot was on her arm-rest. This is wrong. It is very wrong. Why are we judging and trolling her? In this kind of environment, which is so frightening, who will speak up?”
“Most people saying that he was just keeping his foot on the armrest, taking an innocent nap. For me, it is highly offensive. I would have broken his leg. So, I think it is arguable. I am not dissecting or jumping to the conclusion and no one should play judge whether it is me or media or social media,” she said.
The young actress said that she was molested by a man sitting behind her in the Delhi-Mumbai flight. She said the man had kept his foot on her arm-rest and rubbed his foot against her back and neck while she was asleep. But the man’s wife later apologised and said his leg accidently touched the actress. But according to the sources the actress apparently shouted at the man and asked him to put his foot down. After landing she shared the whole incident on Instagram. She got trolled for not reacting strongly with that man. Some people even said if she had the time and courage to share about the harassment in an Instagram post, she should have been strong enough to give back to the accused. There are also those who termed the case a publicity stunt by the 17-year-old actor, who is currently among the popular names in the Hindi film industry.