Kangana Ranaut attacks Alia Bhatt over controversial bridal ad, says 'stop mocking Hindu rituals'

Kangana Ranaut has made a humble request to brands and people to stop mocking Hindu rituals and not manipulate naive customers .This comes after Alia Bhatt's latest bridal ad has sparked a controversy online.

New Delhi: Actress Kangana Ranaut, known for not holding back her opinions on any matter, has reacted to the new advertisement featuring Alia Bhatt as a bride. Disagreeing with the 'Kanyadaan' reference in the bridal ad, Kangana lashed out at the 'Raazi' actress along with the brand asking them not to mix religion in order to manipulate ther customers. 

Sharing her thoughts in a lengthy post on Instagram, Kangana wrote, "Humble request to all brands ….. don’t use religion, minority, majority politics to sell things …. Stop manipulating naive consumers with shrewd divisive concepts and advertising…" She added that women are worshipped in the scriptures and there’s no harm in seeing them as 'precious source of existence'.

In her post, Kangana wrote on the tradition of 'kanyadaan', and the concept of renunciation. She also asked people to stop mocking Hindu rituals. "We often see a martyr’s father on television, when they lose a son on the border, they roar ‘Don’t worry, I have one more son, uska bhi daan main iss dharti Maa ko dunga. Kanyadan ho ya putradan, the way society looks at the concept of renunciation shows its core value system…"