The Queen of Bollywood Kangana Ranaut has claimed that Yash Raj Films head honcho Aditya Chopra allegedly threatened her for rejecting his 2016 production Sultan, which starred Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in lead roles. In an interview with Republic TV, Kangana said that she did not want to work with Khans after delivering a blockbuster in Tanu Weds Manu Returns on her own.
The director came to my house and narrated the script. I had a meeting with Aditya Chopra... just so that I could express my apologies in person and he was fine at the time. But later a news piece came out saying 'Kangana said No to Sultan'. And then he messaged me, 'How dare you? You say No to me'. And then he told me, 'You are finished'," Kangana said. In 2016, Anushka Sharma starred alongside Salman Khan in Sultan after a number of heroines rejected the film citing date issues. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film movie was one of the biggest blockbusters of that year. On the work front, Kangana will be next seen in former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's biopic Thalavi.