Sonakshi Sinha has issued a strong response to veteran actor Mukesh Khanna after he criticised her upbringing, referencing an incident from a 2019 episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.
In the episode, Sonakshi was asked for whom Lord Hanuman brought the Sanjeevani Booti in the Ramayana. Unable to answer correctly, she sought help via a lifeline. Recently, Mukesh Khanna revisited the incident, attributing her lack of knowledge to her father Shatrughan Sinha’s parenting.
Taking to Instagram, Sonakshi addressed the remarks in a detailed statement, “Dear Sir, Mukesh Khanna ji, I recently read a statement you made, blaming my father for me not answering 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 didn’t know the answer to the same question. Yet, you continue to single me out, which speaks volumes about your intent.”
She went on to explain why she couldn’t recall the answer during the show, “Yes, I may have blanked out that day—a human tendency—and forgotten who the Sanjeevani Booti was brought for. But it seems you’ve forgotten the lessons of forgiveness and compassion taught by Lord Ram himself. If Lord Ram could forgive Manthara, Kaikeyi, and even Ravan, surely you can let go of something so trivial in comparison. Not that I need your forgiveness, but I certainly hope you’ll stop bringing up this incident to stay in the news at my and my family’s expense.”
