Actress Kangana Ranaut has reacted to negative reviews received by her maiden production ‘Tiku Weds Sheru,’ calling it part of a “smear campaign” orchestrated by the “movie mafia.” She urged viewers to watch the film and not go by “fake trends” and “paid reviews.”
The movie features actors Nawazuddin Siddique (49) and Avneet Kaur (21). Many on Reddit were ‘grossed-out' on seeing them kiss in the movie trailer. A person said, "It's so disappointing to see Avneet Kaur, who is just 21, paired opposite someone (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who is 49." One wrote, "Shocking how it's coming from Kangana." Kangana Ranaut is the film's producer.
Kangana took to Instagram Stories to write, “…movie mafia doing everything to harm my film, fake reviews and smear campaigns started even before its release. Anyway it's streaming now please watch it for yourself or only ask your friends or people you know about the reviews of the film if they saw it before you, don't go by paid fake trends or reviews.”
“I was 16 when I started, it's better to start young if you are looking at a film career, problem is if you play a flower on the wall, exploited just for youth and has no lines or role or opportunity given… Whatever mafia PR is trying to do with age controversy, please understand it's not working… how about working on your own films and watching TWS again,” Kangana wrote on Instagram Stories.
In another Story, Kangana posted a picture of her and Irrfan Khan and wrote, “Fun facts… Earlier choice for TWS Irrfan Khan and Kangana Ranaut - Age gap more than 20 years. Finally, who did the film Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur - Age gap more than 20 years.”
Addressing the negative response, Nawazuddin had said in an interview, “Romance is ageless. The problem is that the young men have no romance left. We are from the times when romance was something else. We would be in love and be in 'ishq' for years. Today, Shah Rukh Khan continues to do romantic roles because the young generation is ‘nalli’ (useless). They don't know romance.