Sonakshi Sinha slams Mukesh Khanna for ‘distasteful statements’ about dad Shatrughan Sinha and her upbringing: ‘Next time you decide to say anything…’

After Mukesh Khanna blamed Shatrughan Sinha for not teaching Sonakshi Sinha about Ramayana, the actress penned a long note, taking a dig at the veteran actor for questioning her dad about her upbringing. For the unversed, in 2019, Sonakshi participated in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 11, in which she was asked for whom Hanuman brought Sanjeevani booti in the Ramayana, but she couldn't answer correctly. In a recent interview, Mukesh talked about this episode and blamed Shatrughan Sinha.

Sonakshi Sinha slams Mukesh Khanna

Sonakshi took to her Instagram Story and warned Mukesh Khanna in a long note. She wrote, "Dear Sir, Mukesh Khanna ji ...I recently read a statement you made saying that it's my father's fault I did not answer a question about the Ramayana correctly on a show I attended many, many years back."

She also reminded him that there were two women on the hot seat that day who did not know the answer to the same question, but Khanna chose to keep taking Sonakshi's name 'for reasons which are quite obvious.'

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'I may have blanked out that day, a human tendency,' says Sonakshi Sinha

She further added that during the KBC 11 episode, she might have blanked out which is a human tendency, and forgot who the sanjeevani booti was brought for.

Sonakshi wrote, "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.. 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."

She lastly added, "The next time you decide to say anything about the values my father has instilled in me... please remember it's 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."

What did Mukesh Khanna say?

During a recent conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Mukesh Khanna indirectly spoke about Sonakshi not being able to answer the question regarding Ramayana while discussing how today's generation needs Shaktimaan to guide them. 

When asked if he was referring to Sonakshi, Khanna said, "Luv Kush is the name of their bungalow. People got angry, 'She doesn't know'. I said it's not Sonakshi's fault; it's her father's fault. Why did you not tell your kids? Why did you let them be so modern?"

Meanwhile, on the professional front, Sonakshi was last seen in ZEE5's Kakuda. The film also stars Riteish Deshmukh and Saqib Saleem. You can also watch it with your OTTplay Premium subscription. 

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