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Mrunal Thakur calls Bipasha Basu 'manly with muscles' in throwback video, says 'I'm better than her', netizens react- Watch
Mrunal Thakur has broken her silence on the dating rumours with actor-filmmaker Dhanush after the duo was spotted multiple times together, which sparked the conversation of them being in a romantic relationship in Kollywood and Bollywood circles.
However, the Son of Sardaar 2 actress clarified and shared that the actor is 'just a good friend' to her. 'I'm aware that a lot of news has been circulating about the two of us being linked together recently. I just found it funny when I saw it,' Mrunal said in an interview cited by Only Kollywood, adding, 'Dhanush is just a good friend to me."
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New controversy for the actress
The actress was in a conversation with her Kumkum Bhagya co-star Arjit Taneja when all of a sudden she asked, 'Do you want to marry someone manly with muscles? Go and marry Bipasha then.'
Mrunal then quipped, 'Listen, I am far better than Bipasha.'
What netizens are saying on the viral video
One wrote- 'When she said manly with muscles I imagined a steroided up body builder, How is bipasha manly at all?'
A second said, 'I mean just look a her…she is talking about bipasha who has been awarded with so many awards for hotness.'
A third commented- '' i will change beauty standards ' said by a woman who herself is bodyshaming a woman..🤢'
Another said, 'everyone knows mrunal looks better than bipasha.. But to counter her arrogance everyone is acting here like mrunal is nothing compared to bipasha or she 🤣🤣'
One more comment read- 'Seriously she compare herself with bipasha?🤣🙏 Madam please speak thoughtfully.'
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On buri nazar
Now, in a recent interview, the actress said that she is seeing many future developments in her career, but doesn't want to talk about it as she believes in 'buri nazar'.'There are a lot of things I still need to do with my career, a lot of boxes I haven't checked. But I will talk about those things once I actually do them, because I don't want to jinx it by talking about them. I believe the whole nazar thing, 'boht nazar lagti hai' (evil eye jinxes things),' said Mrunal while talking to Instant Bollywood.
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