Hansal Mehta on equation with Kangana Ranaut: ‘We do fight, but I am very fond of her’ | Bollywood News

Hansal Mehta and Kangana Ranaut, who collaborated on the 2017 film Simran, have not been on good terms since. Hansal has often referred to the film as his “biggest make.” The actor-director duo frequently engage in heated exchange on social media. Most recently, they were involved in a war of words over the Kunal Kamra-Shiv Sena controversy.
At The Indian Express event Expresso on Friday, Hansal opened up about his equation with Kangana, saying he is “fond” of the Queen actor.
The filmmaker said, “I am very fond of her. I cannot describe… the camera loves her. Outside the Lok Sabha, camera loves her. Even she is not aware what magic she can create in front of the camera. We did not get along, humari nahi bani, hota hai. I did not get along with my ex wife also. But she is a better person than I am.” Coming back to Kangana, he said, “We do fight, but I am fond of her. Very fond of her. It is not a judgement on the other person.”
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He added, “The process of making the film that I did with her was not very good. The process stays with you. I had to pay off debts. And it was a bit of a painful journey paying off those debts. Her fans tell me that it was the best film you have made.”
Back in 2022, in a conversation with Mashable India, Hansal Mehta shared that Kangana Ranaut shot Simran (2017) according to her will. He said, “She did not take over the edit, to be fair to her, but there was nothing to take over to edit. We only had the material that she had shot.” However, even then he affirmed that Kangana is a “very talented actor” but said his decision to work with her was a “massive make.”