Kangana Ranaut versus Shiv Sena – a timeline of their war of words

Kangana Ranaut is currently hitting headlines for a comment she made about the city of Mumbai, that has now snowballed into a massive controversy. From the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation carrying out demolition work at her office space in Mumbai to Kangana hitting out at Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray – here’s a timeline of the controversy.

It all began when Kangana Ranaut posted on Twitter that she was feeling unsafe after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in Mumbai and stated that Mumbai felt like Pakistan occupied Kashmir ( POK). “Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena leader has given me an open threat and asked me not to come back to Mumbai, after Aazadi graffitis in Mumbai streets and now open threats, why Mumbai is feeling like Pakistan occupied Kashmir?” Kangana had tweeted.

In an interview, politician from Shiv Sena, Sanjay Raut had called Kangana Ranaut 'haramkhor ladki' for her statements. Reacting to the same, Kangana had posted on Twitter, “In 2008 Movie Mafia declared me a Psycho, in 2016 they called me a Witch and Stalker in 2020 Maharashtra Minister publicity gave me the title of Haramkhor Ladki, because I said after a murder I feel unsafe in Mumbai, where are INTOLERANCE debate warriors?” Kangana had also announced on social media that she would be arriving in Mumbai on September 9. Due to this ongoing controversy, Kangana was also given Y-plus security by the Centre.

Amidst this controversy, Shiv Sena led BMC paid a surprise visit to Kangana’s production house - Manikarnika Films office in Bandra. They issued her a notice for illegal construction and on Wednesday, BMC carried out a demolition drive. However, later on the Bombay High Court ordered a stay on BMC’s move. In her tweets, Kangana compared her office space to the Ram Mandir and had shared, "The first film in Manikarnika films, Ayodhya was announced, it is not a building for me but Ram temple itself, today Babur has come there, today history will repeat itself Ram temple will be broken again but remember Babur this temple will be built again, this temple will be built again, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram."

Kangana posted a series of videos on Twitter, showcasing the damage done by BMC’s demolition at her Bandra property. She also took to Twitter to share a clip addressing Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, wherein Kangana stated, “My home was demolished today, your ego will be destroyed tomorrow. This is the wheel of time, remember, it never stays the same. You have done a favour to me. I knew what Kashmiri Pandits had gone through but today I felt it too. I vow to this country that I will make a film not only on Ayodhya but also Kashmir.”