Padmashree winner Naseeruddin Shah and actress Kangana Ranaut were involved in a heated exchange of words, after Mohra actor called her an half educated starlet. Speaking on the ongoing outsiders and insiders debate, Naseeruddin opened up on how, one is interested in the opinions of some half-educated starlet who decides to take it upon herself to, you know, get justice for Sushant. Meanwhile, talking about the whole chaos after Sushant's death, the Bandish Bandits actor had said, "It's sickening. It is absolutely sickening. I have not followed it. I felt deeply grieved when the young man died. I did not know him but he had a bright future and it was a waste of life. But I did not bother to follow the nonsense that's being spouted by a whole lot of people."
Reacting to the actor's statement, Kangana said, would Shah make such comments if she was Prakash Padukone or Anil Kapoor’s daughter? Now in another interview Shah has said, “We are all too scared of what she will say next. So everyone keeps quiet. But she takes our silence to be an encouragement for her attack. Now she says Karan Johar should return to his Padma Shri. Is she the President of India? We are glad one of us had the guts to put her in her place.” Shah maintained his stance on his statement stating that he was not misquoted and he agrees by what he said. For the unversed, Kangana openly called out the likes of Karan Johar and Mahesh Bhatt for destroying Sushant's career. Since then, his angry fans have started an online campaign calling for the boycott of star kids. Naseeruddin also said that the ‘movie mafia’ does not exist. The Padmashree winner, who has been away from the big screen was last seen in the Amazon Prime Video series Bandish Bandits.