Calling Kangana a Witch won't make Adhyayan a Star!

In an expose that rocked the internet a couple of days ago, actress Kangana Ranaut's ex-boyfriend Adhyayan Suman (who?) alleged that she practiced black magic. Instances of a TRP-hungry show on which she was called a pisachini by a pandit were recalled in a piece that was spread out over a page and half of broadsheet. That was the guy's ultimate moment of glory. Never before has he pulled off such a feat and going by his limited understanding of films and deficient acting skills, such a phenomena is unlikely to repeat itself.

As I carefully read through the story, there was talk about physical violence, verbal abuse and drug addiction. His side of the story could very well pass off as painful and heartbreaking till the bloke accused Kangana of tampering with his career. How, pray, you may ask? His answer was simple - "I remember going to my Tarot reader after she started making me doing pujas. She told me she sensed a woman from pahadi region doing black magic on me. I knew only one person back then, my girlfriend Kangana, who used to go to Himachal for certain pujas there. My Tarot reader said she saw something really bad happening and warned me to get out of the relationship. She told me, “You feel you want to come out of it and every time you make a decision of wanting to come out, you fail and are back at it again.” My career stopped completely. I had a successful film Raaz 2 behind me but nobody wanted to talk about me. I started seeing this decline. My films were shutting down while she was achieving more success. Even talking about it scares me now...." Reading this, left me numb. This happens only in our male chauvinistic society that an unsuccessful man has the audacity to bury his failure beneath a logic so ridiculous. In 21st century modern India, are we talking of witch hunting? Are we talking of graveyards and black rooms and mixing impure blood in food?

Over the last few years, Kangana has carefully carved her image of being the irreverent woman. She didn't care about what was written about her. She could admit being in an abusive relationship with an older man, her frivolous dalliances, about being the 16-year-old who raised her voice against her father when he hit for the first time and has managed to tread a path of her own. It is a shame that we have reduced her to this - explaining whether she is a witch or not. Kangana could look unperturbed by this, like always, but that doesn't allow her ex-boyfriend to hit her when she is low. 

It is beyond me why would a certain Mr Suman emerge from the dark just when another one of his unnecessary films is up for release. He claims that the interview was not a way to garner publicity for him but isn't it strange that the guy has remained quiet about an explosive personal account of this magnitude all along. Why did it need Hrithik Roshan's impostor to dig skeletons out of graves? Like they say, make hay while the sun shines. Adhyayan seems to be doing just that. Lately, his team is using it to grab some eyeballs for him and his godforsaken next. As much as fault-finding qualifies as good gossip, Suman's experiences with Kangana has nothing to do with her ongoing tussle with Hrithik. 

Dear Adhyayan, a couple of points to note. Your career declined due to lack of merit, not black magic. With reference to the line - She wasn’t even a star when I met and we started dating. It was me who came from a star background so who used who? You need some memory-enhancer pills. Kangana was already a National Award winner when she was dating you. Even as a novice, she was an actress par excellence. And you or your father can hardly be called stars. With due respect to your Dad, whom I hold high in regard, I assure you that your failures are yours alone. It is time you wake up and smell the coffee. 

As for Kangana, she doesn't need a certificate of chastity from you or anyone else. Her body of work speaks for her and no matter how her battle with Hrithik ends, no one can take away the fact from her that she is a fine artiste. She has battled domestic violence, the industry's bias against her for being an outsider and so much more. If it didn't break her back then, it cannot now. And not for an inconsequential, attention-seeking, misogynistic man like you.