This is not the first time Kangana has opened up about an issue. Kangana has questioned Bollywood on every social issue from time to time this time she blasted on Bollywood contemporaries for tweeting about the killing of George Floyd, and allegedly ignoring injustices in India.
She has slammed them for failing to condemn local injustices, but not hesitating before commenting on the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. Several actors such as Priyanka Chopra, Kiara Advani, and Kareena Kapoor Khan have expressed their anguish on social media, about the killing of a black man by a white policeman, which has resulted in mass protests across the US.
In an interview given to Pinkvilla, Kangana said, “The Sadhu lynching happened a couple of weeks ago; still no one said a word. It happened in Maharashtra where most of these celebrities reside…Bollywood anyway is a derived name from Hollywood. It is a shame they continue to live in a bubble and never fail to jump on the bandwagon, which can give them two minutes of fame, but ‘white people’ must drive the bandwagon. Perhaps, it is because of their pre-independence colonial slavery genes.”
Several social media users have made similar observations about Bollywood stars. Kangana has also been mocked many times in Bollywood, today the same Bollywood is setting an example of hypocrisy, commenting on racism. This is not a new opportunity even for Bollywood, which it is trying to capitalize on. Politician Omar Abdullah wrote on Twitter, “So much respect for all the celebrities tweeting #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER. It takes courage to bring your cowardice to the fore when you tweet for American lives but can’t tweet for Indian lives.