Amid lockdown, Television channels are re-running their old
shows on TV like Ramayana and Mahabharat. Earlier, Mukesh Khanna, who essayed
the role of Bhishma Pitamah in Mahabharat, made a remark against Bollywood star
Sonakshi Sinha when he said that the re-run of shows like Ramayana would be
good for people like her who have ‘no knowledge’ about Indian mythology. Well,
it so happened that way back, when the actress had made an appearance on
Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati, Sonakshi had failed to answer a
question on Ramayan.
Post Mukesh Khanna’s remark, Sonakshi Sinha’s father and
politician, Shatrughan Sinha, took an indirect jibe at Mukesh Khanna over his
Ramayan remark against Sonakshi Sinha. Shatrughan Sinha came to his daughter’s defense
as he told that who has appointed Khanna as “the guardian of the Hindu
religion?" Now clarifying his stand, Mukesh Khanna has told that people
have blown his comment out of proportion and presented it wrongly to Shatruji.
“I have known him for long and have immense respect for him. I took Sonakshi’s
name as a mere example. It does not mean I was trying to demean her or question
her knowledge. My intention was not to target her. However, I am shocked to see
how the current generation is not aware of many things,” told Khanna.
Taking from Shatrughan Sinha’s comment, Mukesh Khanna told
that he is not claiming that he is the guardian of Ramayan and Hindu
literature, but as a citizen of India, he feels that it is our duty to
introduce our literature and history to today’s generation because they are
more interested in TikTok and Harry Potter.
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