In his book Guns & Thighs, Ram Gopal Varma had once written that he was "mesmerised" by Urmila Matondkar's beauty and called her "divine".
After Kangana Ranaut's latest remarks on Urmila Matondkar, director Ram Gopal Varma has now spoken out in support of the actor and said that Urmila has left no doubt of her "versatile talent" by taking up diverse and complex roles.
Taking to his Twitter account, Ram Gopal Varma wrote, "Not wanting to get into slanging matches with anyone, I believe that @UrmilaMatondkar has more than proved her versatile talent in enacting such diversely complex roles as in RANGEELA, SATYA, KAUN, BHOOT, EK HASEENA THI etc."
For the uninformed, back in the day, RGV worked with Urmila in a number of films including Rangeela, Daud, Satya, Mast, and Bhoot. In his book Guns & Thighs, he had written that he was "mesmerised" by her beauty and called her "divine".
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After Kangana's comments faced backlash on Twitter, she defended them and had written, "Where was your feminism you dumb a** when Urmila called me Rudali and a prostitute?," Kangana wrote hitting back at a Twitter user who condemned the remarks, calling her a "fake feminist".
In another tweet, Kangana said that former adult star Sunny Leone has been welcomed into Bollywood. She wrote, "Liberal brigade once virtually lynched a renowned writer in to silence for saying people like Sunny Leone should not be our role models, Sunny is accepted by the industry and entire India as an artist, suddenly fake feminists equating being a porn star to something derogatory," she wrote.
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Several members of the film fraternity, including Swara Bhasker, Anubhav Sinha, and Pooja Bhatt stood up for Urmila after Kangana’s personal attack. Pooja Bhatt wrote, "@UrmilaMatondkar you are a legend. #Rangeela was a treat visually, emotionally and you raised the bar for all of us in so many ways. You left us all,co-actors, and an entire generation of movie goers awestruck! Sensuality & dignity.. two qualities you combined & embodied. Respect!"
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 "'She has more than proved her versatile talent': Ram Gopal Varma defends Urmila Matondkar after Kangana Ranaut's jibe")
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