Ekta Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut
When Ekta Kapoor announced the new release date of the Kangana Ranaut-Rajkummar Rao-starrer Mental Hai Kya from June 21 to July 26, where it would clash with Hrithik Roshan’s Super 30, she sent a statement, part of which said, “On knowing that there is already a movie scheduled for a release on that date, we did everything in our purview to ensure the other parties that there will be no mud slinging and it will be a dignified release. We stand by assuring that to all other parties.”
However, it is playing out differently as the social media is abuzz with tweets and counter tweets from fans and people belonging to the two teams. Ekta reacted saying, “The ugly underground tweets have begun. I’ve promised to keep it clean and have assurances from my actors on the same. I hope personal assaults on them stop.”
In the meantime, responding to allegations that the Queen actress influenced Ekta to choose the release date, Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel tweeted, “Balaji kya Kangana Ranaut ka production house hai jo woh jab chahe film release kare... (sic)”. And posted a series of tweets like, “What to expect from a man who always prefers to attack your back rather then meeting you in the battle field...(sic).”
One wonders if Ekta’s message has got lost in translation!