Days after Karan Johar made his comeback on social media, Kangana Ranaut through her Team's Twitter handle has requested the Indian government to take Karan Johar’s Padma Shri back. The queen actresss has accused the filmmaker of intimidating her on an international platform, conspiring against Sushant Singh Rajput and attempting to destroy his career and making an ‘anti-national’ film against the armed forces.
Kangana's team re-tweeted the post, and wrote: "I request government of India to take KJO’s PadmaShri back,he openly intimidated me and asked me to leave the industry on an international platform,conspired to sabotage Sushanth’s career,he supported Pakistan during Uri battle and now anti national film against our Army". Kangana and Karan Johar have been engaged in a long-running feud, which started with her calling the director ‘the flag-bearer of nepotism’ on his show, Koffee With Karan. The debate was reignited in the aftermath of Sushant’s death as Kangana claimed that the actor was ‘sidelined’ by the Bollywood mafia.
Meanwhile, Karan Johar's latest production venture, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl has mired in controversies since its release on Netflix. The film had already landed in trouble after Indian Air Force (IAF) raised objections against portrayal of the Air Force in negative light. Later, Flight Lieutenant Srividya Rajan has revealed that she was the first female-pilot to fly to Kargil and not Gunjan. This has added fuel to the fire with the film receving more backlash. Directed by Sharan Sharma, 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' stars Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Vineet Kumar Singh, Angad Bedi, and Manav Vij in pivotal roles. Kjo is yet to release a official statement on the issue.