Mukesh Khanna defends his comments on Sonakshi: ‘If Shatrughan Sinha feels taking her name was a mistake, then it is’
Hindustan TimesDays after Shatrughan Sinha slammed him for his comments on daughter and actor Sonakshi Sinha, veteran actor Mukesh Khanna has now defended his comments, insisting that he took her name only as an example and did not intend to demean her. Mukesh, in an interview about reruns of Mahabharat and Ramayan on TV during lockdown, had said that it will help “people like Sonakshi Sinha who have no knowledge about our mythological sagas”. Reacting to the news of 90s popular mythological series Mahabharat and Ramayan being rerun on Doordarshan amid the lockdown in wake of Covid-19 pandemic, Mukesh had recently said in an interview, “I think the reruns will be useful to many who haven’t watched the show earlier. And who has appointed him the guardian of the Hindu religion?” Mukesh’s Mahabharat co-star Nitish Bhardwaj had also criticised his comments on Sonakshi and said, “Why target Sonakshi alone?