Actress Kangana Ranaut wages war on drugs, Bollywood, Twitter

Keeping up with Bollywood’s most provocative voice Kangana Ranaut and her tweets isn’t easy. In her inimitable abrasive style, she manages to call out her colleagues and her perceived problems with Bollywood openly on her Twitter account. While it is challenging to keep track of her causes, here’s a look at the battles that she has declared recently.

For those in the dark, she has been at the forefront championing to find the alleged killers behind Sushant Singh Rajput’s death on June 14. She has also openly talked about the drug use in Bollywood and the toxic working culture, where nepotism is condoned. Here’s a look at the battles she has waged in the last ten days …

Her war against drugs in Bollywood: Ranaut is on a mission to clean up the Hindi film industry. The actress took to Twitter to comment on the rampant use of drugs in film fraternity. "Most popular drug in the film industry is cocaine, it is used in almost all house parties it's very expensive but in the beginning when you go to the houses of high and mighty it's given free, MDMA crystals are mixed in water and at times passed on to you without your knowledge," tweeted Ranaut. She also promised to help the authorities to bust the drug racket, provided she’s given protection. "I am more than willing to help @narcoticsbureau but I need protection from the centre government, I have not only risked my career but also my life, it is quite evident Sushant knew some dirty secrets that's why he has been killed," she tweeted.

Naming and shaming Bollywood colleagues: Adopting a passive aggressive stand while naming and shaming her colleagues, Ranaut urged a select set of Bollywood A-listers to prove their drug-free existence. While she confused Vicky Kaushal’s last name, it didn’t stop her from extending a wager towards her own colleagues. “I request Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Ayan Mukerji, Vicky Kaushik to give their blood samples for drug test, there are rumours that they are cocaine addicts, I want them to bust these rumours, these young men can inspire millions if they present clean samples. @PMOIndia,” tweeted Ranaut.

Ranaut declares war with Farah Khan Ali: If you rub Ranaut the wrong way, she makes her displeasure known by making you a pariah on social media. She has now blocked jewelry designer Farah Khan Ali on Twitter, since the designer publicly questioned the actress. Khan Ali, in a series of tweets, had countered Ranaut on her series of tweets against Mumbai Police and specifically the commissioner of police, Mumbai, for allegedly liking derogatory tweets her. The police department has denied those claims. “The self proclaimed Queen of Bollywood just blocked me !!! I must have said something to [expletive] her off,” said Khan Ali to her Twitter followers, sharing a screengrab of her account being blocked by Ranaut.

The tweet hasn’t gone down well with Ranaut who retorted on Twitter: “Yes below average IQ, irrational cacophony, lame digs that are intended to make one laugh but lack skills and efficiency of a good comic timing, basically all the garbage will be filtered, only sensible people will be allowed in debates and arguments.”

Kangana Ranaut takes on Karan Johar: Bollywood movie mogul Karan Johar released his second book of his career chronicling his experiences while parenting his twin children, Yash and Roohi. It is being positioned as a cartoon-heavy book that documents his struggle as a single father to two young kids of different genders. Ranaut isn’t impressed. “Karan Johar, Aaditya Chopra, Mahesh Bhatt, Rajeev Masand and entire army of blood thirsty vultures the mafia media killed Sushant, only son of the family succumbed to bullying and exploitation and harassment in Bullywood and her KJO promoting his kids! SHAME …,” tweeted Ranaut taking on Johar publicly. Her disdain for Johar’s book was underlined when she posted a video of Johar promoting his new children’s book.

Kangana Ranaut Vs Twitter: The actress has accused Twitter of shadow ghosting her followers and deliberately reducing her follower count every day. She wrote to them directly questioning their role in her reduction in social media followers and her waning Twitter popularity. “I agree I notice pattern every day 40-50 thousand followers drop, I am very new to this place but how does this work? Why are they doing this any idea @TwitterIndia @Jack @TwitterSupport.” She was up in arms when her followed pointed out the dip trend in her followers.