Kangana Ranaut calls Aamir Khan "Bechara" says, "He tried his best to pretend like..."

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• Feb 11, 2023 | Dhupali Das

Aamir named Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, and Priyanka Chopra Jones as contenders to play the famed novelist...

Digital Desk: Kangana Ranaut called Aamir Khan "Bechara" after the actor was reminded to name her for playing Shobhaa De on-screen. For the uninitiated, the actor was recently spotted at novelist and columnist Shobhaa De's book launch, and during the press conference, he was asked to pick an actress from the current batch who would be suitable to play Shobhaa in her biopic.

After a two-second pause, Aamir named Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, and Priyanka Chopra Jones as contenders to play the famed novelist. Shobhaa added, "You have forgotten one, Kangana." and Aamir instantly agreed with her saying, "Kangana would do it well." Praising the actress, he further added, "She's a versatile artist, she does comedy well, she does drama well."

Kangana shared the video from the book launch, and wrote, "Bechara Aamir Khan (poor Aamir Khan)… ha ha he tried his best to pretend like he doesn’t know that I am the only three times national award-winning actress none of those he mentioned has even one...Thank you @DeShobhaa ji I would love to play you." She further tweeted, "Sorry I have four national awards already and a Padma Shri my fans reminded I don’t even remember how many I have." 

Anupam Kher recently praised Kangana. While promoting his new film Shiv Shastri Balboa with DNA India, Kher stated, "Kangana is a brave young lady in my opinion. If we support women's rights, we should unquestionably celebrate Kangana's achievement." Kher defends Kangana's tweets, saying, "Like everybody has freedom of speech, why shouldn't we give her the freedom of speech?" After spending more than three decades in Bollywood, Kher calls Kangana among the best directors in his career. "I think she's one of the finest directors, I have worked with, and I say this after doing 534 films."

On the work front, Kangna will make her directorial debut with Emergency, which will be released soon. On the other hand, Aamir Khan was last seen in Forrest Gump's official adaptation, Laal Singh Chaddha.