Tapsee Pannu replies to the post calling her a supporter of “oppressors” in Bollywood

Tapsee Pannu has an answer for the Twitter user who blamed her and Swara Bhaskar of standing with ‘oppressors’ and further stated that if ‘next time a struggling actor gives up on life like Sushant Singh Rajput’ they would be the one responsible. 

Tapsee went on criticizing the way Bollywood treats outsiders and said that it is a “purely negative” way of demoralizing someone and would even result in killing the passion of a talented artist.

“God forbid next time a struggling actor gives up on life like Sushant Singh Rajput please do remember how @taapsee and @ReallySwara stood with oppressors. What an unfortunate, bitter world,” was the post from a Twitter user which started the controversy. Tapsee responded with another post which reads, “Next time another outstanding talent gets scared to even enter our industry n kills his passion and hope to contribute to Indian cinema coz some people painted purely negative picture about how outsiders are treated do remember YOU are ALSO responsible for it.”

A short while ago, in an interview with Republic TV, Kangana Ranaut also called outTapsee and Swara as needy outsiders who want to win favor from Karan Johar. Criticizing the practice of nepotism in Bollywood, Kangana said, “What I want to convey through this interview is... for me, I have only to lose here... because I know tomorrow they will get some 20 needy outsiders like Taapsee Pannu or Swara Bhasker who will get up and say, ‘Oh! Only Kangana has problems with nepotism. We love Karan Johar’. If you love Karan Johar, why are you both B-grade actresses? You are both better looking than Alia Bhatt and Ananya (Panday). You both are better actresses. Why don’t you get work? Your whole existence is proof of nepotism. What are you telling me about how happy you are with the industry?”

Tapsee replied to Kangana’s comment during an interview with a leading media house and said, “I never mentioned anywhere I like Karan Johar or anyone she alleges, but I have never said I hate them either. So, the fact that you don’t hate someone she hates, is equivalent to ‘you like that person and you suck up to that person’? I don’t even know him beyond formal ‘hi, hello, thank you’. How is this even logical?”

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