Twinkle Slams Naseeruddin For Calling Her Late Father Rajesh Khanna a 'Poor Actor!'
Late Rajesh Khanna enjoyed the stardom in Bollywood in the 70s like no other actor would have dreamt of. The King of Romance had delivered back-to-back hits, enjoying immense fan-following and love and adulation from all quarters. However, actor Naseeruddin Shah feels otherwise, blaming that late Rajesh Khanna introduced mediocrity in Hindi films in the 1970s!
In an interview with a popular daily, Naseer quoted, “It was the 70’s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That’s when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor. Intellectually, he wasn’t the most alert person I have ever met. His taste ruled the industry.“
Rajesh Khanna’s daughter, Twinkle, an active columnist, didn’t take lightly to this remark and blasted Naseeruddin on Twitter with a terse reply. She posted - "Sir if u can’t respect the living ,respect the dead-mediocrity is attacking a man who can’t respond @NaseerudinShah”
Standing in Twinkle’s support was good friend and filmmaker, Karan Johar, who also tweeted, “I agree with you @mrsfunnybones…due respect to seniority but this was in exceptionally bad taste and not becoming of a fraternity member.”
What do you think of Naseer-Twinkle’s take on this?