Kangana Ranaut slams makers of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana for casting Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, calls him ‘a skinny white rat’

Kangana Ranaut, who is known for her controversial statements, is at it again. The actor has now made a subtle jab at rumours that Ranbir Kapoor will play Lord Ram in director Nitesh Tiwari's next Ramayana adaption. On Saturday, Kangana responded to rumours that Ranbir Kapoor would play Ram, Alia Bhatt would play Sita, and Kannada superstar and KGF fame Yash would play Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana.

Taking to her Instagram story, Kangana wrote, “Recently I am hearing news about another coming up Bolly Ramayana… Where a skinny white rat (so-called actor) who desperately needs some sun tan and conscience he is infamous for doing nasty underhand PR about almost everyone in the industry… known for womanising and drug addiction after desperately trying to prove himself Lord Shiva in a trilogy (which no one watched or want to make more parts of) has now grown fancy to be Lord Rama…”

“Whereas a young Southern superstar who is known to be self made, a devoted family man, a tradionalist also. According to Valmiki ji description he looks more like Lord Rama in his complexion, demeanour and facial features… is offered to play Ravana… What kind of Kayuga is this?? No pale looking druggie soy boy should play Lord Rama," she added.

Despite not using Ranbir Kapoor's name, the Queen actress made it clear that she was referring to him by bringing up the Ramayana casting rumour. 

Ranbir and Nitish, meanwhile, have remained mum about the casting since the reports started spreading. 

On the work front, Ranbir is finishing Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal, which will be released in August of this year, while Nitish is concentrating on finishing Bawaal, which stars Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan. Kangana, on the other hand, was last seen in the spy movie Dhaakad and is awaiting the release of Emergency, her official directorial debut in which she portrays former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.