Mumbai Press Club backs boycott of Kangana Ranaut

July 12, 2019 23:22

The Mumbai Press Club on Friday said it fully backs the decision of the Entertainment Journalists Guild to boycott actor Kangana Ranaut for refusing to apologise for lashing out at a PTI reporter during a press conference.

Members of the Mumbai Press Club said in a statement that they strongly condemn Ranaut's language and behaviour towards the news media, particularly towards PTI journalist Justin Rao.

On Sunday, Ranaut launched an attack on the reporter even before he could ask his question during a song launch event of her film "JudgeMentall Hai Kya", the statement added.

She accused the journalist of running a "smear campaign" against her and her last release "Manikarnika".

Instead of making amends, the release said, Rangoli Chandel, Ranaut's sister and manager, launched an "abusive" attack against news media on Twitter.

While "JudgeMentall Hai Kya" producer Ekta Kapoor apologised for the incident, Ranaut has refused to do so.

"The Entertainment Journalists' Guild, which first raised the issue, has pointed out that this is not the first time Ms Ranaut and her manager-sister have insulted and abused journalists. It has become part of their unprofessional conduct," the release said.

"The Mumbai Press Club stands fully behind the Guild to demand Ms Ranaut tender an apology to Justin Rao and the other journalists for her behaviour. We also fully support their call for a complete boycott of her events," it said.

The Mumbai Press Club said it had examined the footage of the press conference. While the reporter was "fully composed", Ranaut was abusive and insulting even though as a journalist he was fully within his rights to criticise her work.

-- PTI

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