Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha gave a befitting reply to veteran actor Mukesh Khanna after the latter made some comments about her upbringing after she failed to answer a question about the Ramayana. She called him out for bringing up the incident which happened several years ago only to be in news at her expense.
In 2019, Sonakshi had appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati, during which she had failed to answer a question related to the Ramayana. Recalling that, Khanna stated in an interview a couple of days ago, “People were angry that Sonakshi didn’t know this, but I would say it’s not her fault — it’s her father’s fault. Why didn’t they teach their children this? Why did they become so modern?”
Not one to mince words, Sonakshi decided to end the chatter around the incident once and for all. She took to her Instagram stories late on Monday night, and wrote, “Dear Sir, Mukesh Khanna ji…I recently read a statement you made saying that its my fathers fault I did not answer a question about the Ramayana correctly on a show I attended many, many years back. Firstly let me remind you there were two women on the hot seat that day who did not know the answer to the same question, but you choose to keep taking my name, and only my name, for reasons which are quite obvious (sic).”
She went on to say, “Yes I may have blanked out that day, a human tendency, and forgotten who the sanjeevani booti was brought for, but clearly you have also forgotten some of the lessons of forgive and forget taught by Lord Ram himself… If Lord Ram can forgive Manthara, if he can forgive Kaikeyi… if he can even forgive Ravan after the great battle was done, surely you can let go of this extremely small thing in comparison (sic).”
Sonakshi further continued, “Not that I need your forgiveness. But yes, I definitely need you to forget and stop bringing up the same incident time and again to be back in the news at the expense of me and my family (sic).”
“And lastly, the next time you decide to say anything about the values my father has instilled in me… please remember its because of those values that I have only said what I said, very respectfully, after you decided to make some distasteful statements about my upbringing. I wish you well (sic),” she concluded.
Khanna is yet to respond to her statement.
