Kangana Ranaut Vs Alia Bhatt: Is The Rivalry One-Sided? Tracing Their Controversial History

Kangana Ranaut vs Alia Bhatt : long-standing rivalry between two leing actresses in Hindi film industry is not new. On several occasions, Queen actress has taken potshots at her contemporary be it for nepotism or on her marriage with Ranbir Kapoor . In response, while Alia Bhatt has mostly refrained from commenting, her family members and loyal fans have vocated for her.

war of words has been going on for years. Most recently, Emergency star did not back from taking a controversial dig at Alia Bhatt after disastrous verdict of Jigra at box office. After Jigra opened to poor numbers, Kangana Ranaut took to her Instagram Stories to share two cryptic posts sighting one speculative claiming that Gully Boy actress destroyed ‘women-centric cinema.’ But, when and why did Kangana vs Alia first begin?

Kangana Ranaut 's veiled digs at Alia Bhatt started in 2019

Back in 2019, Kangana Ranaut criticised Alia Bhatt 's performance in Gully Boy, describing it as 'mediocre'. During that period, entertainment site Bollywood Life conducted a poll to determine best female actor performance of 2019. Kangana topped poll with 37 per cent of votes for her role in Manikarnika, while Alia came in second with 33 per cent.

When publication reached out to Kangana for her thoughts on surpassing Alia, she expressed, “I am embarrassed... what is re to beat in her Gully Boy performance... same snappy muh phat (outspoken) girl... Bollywood’s idea of a fiery girl, woman empowerment and good acting, spare me this embarrassment, please. media has taken filmy kids' love too far. Stop pampering mediocre work or else bar will never be raised.”

Later that same year, Tejas actress accused Alia Bhatt and or celebrities of shamelessly inviting her to ir film premieres while neglecting to attend screenings of her films. This came after Alia Bhatt and several or industry insiders skipped screening of Kangana starrer Manikarnika.

Kangana Ranaut calls Ranbir Kapoor - Alia Bhatt 'farzi couple'

In 2023, Kangana Ranaut me a pointed comment about Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor 's marriage, referring to m as a 'farzi (fake) couple'. She also noted that y live on different floors in same building and ir marriage is not as rosy as y portray it. Her comment came at a time when Ranbir Kapoor flew to London to celebrate his mor Neetu Kapoor's birthday, while Alia Bhatt and ir daughter Raha stayed back in India.

Kangana also wrote, "In anor news a farzi (fake) husband wife jodi (couple) who live on separate floors and pretend to be a couple are spreing fake news about movie announcements which aren't being me also calling a brand owned by Myntra ir own ... besides no one wrote about how wife and daughter was snubbed from a recent family trip, while so-called husband was texting me begging and pleing to meet him ....This farzi jodi needs to be exposed." While Kangana never mentioned Brahmastra couple's name, netizens speculated it was m.

Ranbir Kapoor dragged in Kangana Ranaut - Alia Bhatt crossfire 

Kangana Ranaut 's jibes do not end at Alia Bhatt . actress has time and again mentioned her husband Ranbir Kapoor in her 'exposes'. Once, in an Instagram story, actress called Animal actor a 'womaniser' and 'casanova'. She claimed that he h me several attempts to connect with her which she denied. In 2023, Krrish 3 actress n dragged Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in anor post. She indirectly hinted that Ranbir begged her to date him.

“Anor superstar who is known to be a womaniser landed at my house and begged me to date him but kept meeting secretly to pursue me when I questioned this shy behaviour he said he was getting a trilogy to date a Papa ki pari who he didn't love, I was not ok with that and I said no to such a situation, he too started to communicate from various numbers and accounts till I blocked all and n I felt he hacked all my device,” she said.

When Alia Bhatt and her family responded to Kangana Ranaut  

Amid all se controversies, Jigra actor herself has largely refrained from making a direct attack on Kangana, In fact, actress sent flowers to Kangana on her Pmashri honour in 2020. In response of which, her sister Rangoli me distasteful remarks. 

On being asked about social media attack by Kangana's sister Rangoli Chandel, Alia's far Mahesh Bhatt told IANS, " She (Kangana) is a 'bachchi', started her journey with us. Just because her relative (sister Rangoli) is attacking me, I won't comment. "Till I die, I will never ever say anything against our children, because it is against my upbringing, it is against my nature," he maintained."

dressing issue, Alia once said, "I respect Kangana's work a lot and I respect her opinion. If she feels a particular way she must have reason to feel that way. I would rar remember how much she h praised me after watching Raazi. And I'd just like to focus on my work. Maybe she will appreciate me again if I work hard enough."

Most recently, Kangana Ranaut shared an enigmatic message on X which seemed to point towards Alia, referring to ‘witches’ in what appeared to be an indirect jab. As usual, Alia chose not to respond to controversy, but her mor, Soni Razdan, showed support for her daughter with a cryptic post that many interpreted as a response.

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