‘Stop Bringing Up The Same Incident!

‘If
Lord
Ram
can
forgive
Manthara,
if
he
can
forgive
Kaikeyi,
if
he
can
even
forgive
Ravan
after
the
great
battle
was
done,
surely
you
can
let
go
of
this
extremely
small
thing
in
comparison…
not
that
I
need
your
forgiveness.’

The
heated
exchange
between
Sonakshi
Sinha
and
Mukesh
Khanna
seems
to
have
ended
with
the
latter’s
peace-making
statement.

It
all
started
when
Khanna
took
a
dig
at
Sonakshi
for
a
question
that
she
failed
to
answer
at
an
episode
on

Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
in
2019.

The
question
was:
For
whom
did
Hanuman
bring
the

Sanjeevani
booti?

Besides
pointing
a
finger
at
youngsters
for
not
knowing
‘Indian
culture’,
Khanna
said
in
an
interview,
‘People
were
angry
that
Sonakshi
didn’t
know
this,
but
I
would
say
it’s
not
her
fault
—
it’s
her
father’s
fault.
Why
didn’t
they
teach
their
children
this?’

Sonakshi
did
not
take
that
statement
well,
and
lashed
out
in
an
Instagram
post:
‘Dear
Sir,
Mukesh
Khannaji
…I
recently
read
a
statement
you
made
saying
that
it’s
my
father’s
fault
I
did
not
answer
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
did
not
know
the
answer
to
the
same
question,
but
you
choose
to
keep
taking
my
name,
and
only
my
name,
for
reasons
which
are
quite
obvious.

‘Yes,
I
may
have
blanked
out
that
day,
a
human
tendency,
and
forgotten
who
the

sanjeevani
booti
was
brought
for,
but
clearly,
you
have
also
forgotten
some
of
the
lessons
of
forgive
and
forget
taught
by
Lord
Ram
himself…

‘If
Lord
Ram
can
forgive
Manthara,
if
he
can
forgive
Kaikeyi,
if
he
can
even
forgive
Ravan
after
the
great
battle
was
done,
surely
you
can
let
go
of
this
extremely
small
thing
in
comparison…
not
that
I
need
your
forgiveness.

‘But
yes,
I
definitely
need
you
to
forget
and
stop
bringing
up
the
same
incident
time
and
again
to
be
back
in
the
news
at
the
expense
of
me
and
my
family.

‘Lastly,
the
next
time
you
decide
to
say
anything
about
the
values
my
father
has
instilled
in
me…
please
remember
it’s
because
of
those
values
that
I
have
only
said
what
I
said,
very
respectfully,
after
you
decided
to
make
some
distasteful
statements
about
my
upbringing.
I
wish
you
well,
thanks
and
regards,
Sonakshi
Sinha.’

Shatrughan
Sinha
is
as
miffed
as
his
daughter.

“Mere
ghar
walon
par,
mere
parivaar
ke
oopar
koi
ungli
uthayega
toh
main
bardasht
nahin
karunga.
Don’t
test
the
patience
of
a
patient
man,”
Shatruji
tells

Subhash
K
Jha.

“This
was
a
very
rewarding
year
for
us.
Our
daughter
Sonakshi
married
the
man
she
loved.

Ek
baap
ke
liye
iss
se
badi
khushi
kya
ho
sakti
hai?
My
wife
and
I
are
happy
about
our

ladli‘s
life
companion.

“I
hope
Sonakshi’s
marriage
will
be
forever,
just
like
her
parent’s
marriage.
Poonam
and
I
have
been
happily
married
for
45
years.”

“The
political
victory
and
the
paternal
victory
gave
me
reason
to
feel
happy
with
life.
Of
course,
there
will
always
be
the
naysayers,
the
cynics
hurling
taunts.
We
like
to
ignore
these
elements.
You
must
have
noticed
I
haven’t
even
mentioned
any
names.
I
don’t
want
to
give
the
stone-pelters
any
attention.
We
all
know
they
do
what
they
do
to
get
noticed.”

At
such
a
time
when
all
seems
blissful
for
the
Sinha

parivar,
why
this
controversy?

“Hurling
a
pebble
into
a
tranquil
happy
river,

yeh
hum
logon
ki
aadat
hai.
I
am
not
giving
any
important
to
the
spoilsports.
We
don’t
need
to
prove
anything
to
anyone.

Ek
sawaal
se
kissi
insaan
ya
parivar
ka
wajood
nahin
taiy
hota
hai.”

Now,
Mukesh
Khanna
clarifies
his
intentions.

Taking
to
his
Instagram
stories,
he
writes,
‘I
am
surprised
you
took
so
much
time
to
react.
I
knew
I
was
antagonising
you
by
taking
your
name
from
that
incident
in
the
famous
Karodpati
show.
But
I
had
no
malicious
intention
to
malign
you
or
your
father
who
is
my
senior
and
I
have
a
very
cordial
relationship
with
him.

‘My
only
intention
was
to
react
on
today’s
generation,
which
is
called
Gen-Z
by
elders,
which
has
become
slaves
to
today’s
Google
world
and
Mobile
phones.
Their
knowledge
is
limited
to
Wikipedia
and
social
interactions
on
You
tube.
And
here
I
had
a
Hi-Fi
case
in
front
of
me
of
yours
which
I
thought
I
could
use
to
teach
others.

‘Fathers,
sons,
daughters.
To
tell
them
that
we
have
a
huge
and
vast
knowledge
preserved
in
our
Culture,
Sanskriti
and
History
which
every
youth
of
today
should
know.
And
just
not
know
but
feel
proud
about
it.
Thats
all.

‘And
yes
I
regret
that
I
talked
about
it
in
than
one
interview
of
mine.
Point
noted.
It
will
not
be
repeated.
Be
assured.
Take
care.’