Sonakshi Sinha recently slammed Shaktimaan actor Mukesh Khanna for questioning Shatrughan Sinha’s upbringing. The controversy erupted after the actor blamed Shatrughan for not teaching about Ramayana. In an episode on KBC 16, Sonakshi could not give an answer ‘for whom Hanuman brought Sanjeevani booti’. The actor dragged the incident and criticised the actress and her father. Now, reacting to it, Sonakshi took to her Instagram stories and issued a long statement against the veteran actor. 

Sonakshi wrote, “Dear Sir, Mukesh Khanna ji ...I recently read a statement you made saying that it's my father's fault I did not answer a question about the Ramayana correctly on a show I attended many, many years back. Firstly let me remind you there were two women on the hot seat that day who did not know the answer to the same question, but you choose to keep taking my name, and only my name, for reasons which are quite obvious.” 

“Yes, I may have blanked out that day, a human tendency, and forgotten who the sanjeevani booti was brought for, but clearly, you have also forgotten some of the lessons of forgive and forget taught by Lord Ram himself... if Lord Ram can forgive Manthara, if he can forgive Kaikeyi... if he can even forgive Ravan after the great battle was done, surely you can let go of this extremely small thing in comparison.. not that I need your forgiveness. But yes, I definitely need you to forget and stop bringing up the same incident time and again to be back in the news at the expense of me and my family.”

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Sonakshi Sinha Slammed Mukesh Khanna’s Statement On Shatrughan Sinha’s Upbringing (Image: Instagram/aslisona)

She concluded, “And lastly, the next time you decide to say anything about the values my father has instilled in me... please remember it's because of those values that I have only said what I said, very respectfully, after you decided to make some distasteful statements about my upbringing. I wish you well, thanks and regards, Sonakshi Sinha.” 

Earlier in an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Mukesh highlighted how today’s generation needs the guidance of Shaktimaan. He then indirectly took a dig at Sonakshi for not being able to answer the ‘Sanjeevani booti’ question. He said, “Luv Kush is the name of their bungalow. People got angry, 'She doesn't know'. I said it's not Sonakshi's fault; it's her father's fault. Why did you not tell your kids? Why did you let them be so modern?” 

On the work front, Sonakshi was last seen in Kakuda. The movie also starred Riteish Deshmukh, Saqib Saleem, Aasif Khan and Sachin Vidrohi in key roles. The horror comedy is streaming on Zee5.  

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