Sonakshi Sinha Responds To Mukesh Khanna For Questioning Dad Shatrughan Sinha’s Parenting

Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is the daughter of the veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha. In 2019, the actress was criticized by actor Mukesh Khanna for not being able to answer a question from Ramayana on Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati 11. Amitabh Bachchan also playfully teased her about her ignorance of the epic. Mukesh Khanna continues to bring on the topic to fuel the controversy with his statements in several interviews he gives to the media.

This time he raised a disrespectful remark about Sonakshi Sinha’s upbringing and questioned Shatrughan Sinha’s parenting.

In an interview, Mukesh Khanna criticized Sonakshi Sinha’s upbringing and blamed Shatrughan Sinha’s parenting for it

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan on his YouTube channel, Mukesh Khanna discussed why the return of his iconic character Shaktimaan is important for today’s generation, then he unnecessarily went on to criticize Sonakshi Sinha’s upbringing and accused her father Shatrughan Sinha for it.

Mukesh Khanna stated,

“I think kids today need the guidance of Shaktimaan more than the kids of the 1970s. Today’s kids are being sidetracked by the internet. They roam around with girlfriends and boyfriends, and eventually, they won’t even remember their grandparents’ names. One girl couldn’t even answer for whom God Hanuman brought the Sanjeevani booti.”

When the interviewer asked if he was referring to Sonakshi Sinha, he replied,

“Yes, and this happened despite her being the daughter of Shatrughan Sinha. Her brothers’ names are Luv and Kush.”

He continued,

“People were angry that Sonakshi didn’t know this, but I would say it’s not her fault—it’s her father’s fault. Why didn’t they teach their children this? Why did they become so modern? If I were Shaktimaan today, I would make kids sit down and teach them about Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma.”

Here is the controversial KBC episode

Sonakshi Sinha hit back at Mukesh Khanna by posting a long note on her Instagram story countering his statement

She shared a long note on Instagram opposing Khanna’s remark against her father and her. She respectfully tried to remind him of Lord Ram’s teaching to “forgive and forget” and to not use her family name to be “back in the news”. 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.”

The Dahaad actress continued,

“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.”

Lastly, she warned him saying,

“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.”

Here is the screenshot of Sonakshi Sinha’s Instagram story below

It is righteous of Sonakshi to defend her father and call out his hypocrisy.

Sonakshi Sinha married her long-time partner Zaheer Iqbal earlier this year. She was recently seen with her parents and husband on The Great Indian Kapil Show on Netflix.

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