
Recently, in an interview, Kangana claimed that the ‘movie mafia’ tried to destroy her in every possible way. She also claimed that Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar joined hands to sabotage Sushant’s career by declaring him a ‘flop star’ whose film could not find any buyers. She was referring to his last release, ‘Drive’, which came out directly on Netflix. In the same interview, Kangana lashed out at Taapsee, Swara and Richa, calling them ‘needy outsiders’ who deny the existence of nepotism and suck up to Karan. She questioned that if nepotism indeed did not exist, why they were still ‘B-grade actresses’ despite being ‘better looking’ and ‘more talented’ than the likes of Alia Bhatt and Ananya Panday.

Taapsee hit back in an interview with Hindustan Times and said, “None of my past films have been produced by any of these mafia gangs Kangana keeps targeting and mentioning about, nor any of my future films are from them. So, how is my existence because of nepotism? Or undermining someone’s genuine achievements by crediting wrong sources, and then mocking, is how you prove that you are a true successful outsider?” After attacking the likes of Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker and Richa Chadha by calling them ‘needy outsiders’ and ‘B-grade actresses’, Kangana Ranaut now claims that she understands their motivations to not support her. She said that they have ‘bills to pay’ and that she gets where they are coming from.
In an interview with Pinkvilla, Kangana opened up about the jibes taken at her by Taapsee, Swara and Richa, after she lashed out at them. “It is so sad. I do not know what to say because I have been in their place. People who come from outside, I have said it in my earlier interviews as well, we [outsiders] do not have the comfort of our parents’ houses. I am not Anil Kapoor or Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter. Or when you talk about Swara Bhasker, Taapsee Pannu or Richa Chadha, I understand they have bills to pay for their house; everybody is not and doesn’t want to live the kind of life I aspire. So, I do understand where they’re coming from and there are a lot of pressures,” she said.
