Actress Sonam Kapoor seems to have responded to the ongoing controversy sparked by recent comments made by actor-producer Rana Daggubati. While not specifically referring to the events of the past few days, she did share a quote from former US first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Posting the quote on her Instagram stories, Sonam shared, “Here’s something I wish some people would keep in mind, especially when we’re discussing fictional things about people.”
The quote itself reads: “Small minds discuss people; average minds discuss events; great minds discuss ideas.” The controversy arose when Rana Daggubati recounted an incident involving his friend, actor Dulquer Salmaan, enduring unprofessional behavior on the sets of an untitled film alongside a “famous Hindi film heroine”. Although Rana didn’t mention the heroine’s name, online speculation quickly suggested that he was referring to Sonam. Dulquer and Sonam worked together in the film The Zoya Factor, which did not perform well at the box office.
Rana later took to Twitter (now X) and apologized for his comments, originally made during an event for the upcoming film King of Kotha. “I am genuinely disturbed by the negativity directed at Sonam due to my comments which are completely untrue and meant to be lighthearted. As friends we often engage in tongue-in-cheek banter and I deeply regret that my words were misconstrued,” he wrote.
In her initial remarks, Rana described how the heroine repeatedly forgets her lines and engages in conversations with her husband on the phone between takes, not about urgent matters but about shopping. Dulquer, he said, remained patient throughout. “If I was holding a bottle, I might have crushed it. However, Dulquer remained calm and gave as many hits as required. He tolerated the jokes played on him. Later, I spoke firmly to the producers about it,” India Today quoted Rana as saying.
Before his appearance in King of Kotha, Dulquer will star in the Netflix series Guns & Gulaabs, co-created and directed by Raj and DK. Meanwhile, Sonam’s most recent appearance was in the thriller Blind, which premiered on JioCinema with minimal fanfare. This marked her return to acting on The Zoya Factor.
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