Bipasha Basu responds to resurfaced Mrunal Thakur clip calling her ‘manly': ‘Strong women lift each other up'

Indian Express

4 days ago

Mrunal Thakur has found herself in an odd position as one of her old videos, where the actor spoke about Bipasha Basu, has resurfaced on the internet. In the said video, the actor can be seen making comments about Bipasha's body, as she calls her 'manly.' The video has now attracted Bipasha's attention who shared a cryptic post on Instagram where she spoke about how women must life each other up, and also said that muscles help in attaining 'good physical and mental health.'
The viral clip features the Son of Sardaar 2 actor speaking to her Kumkum Bhagya co-star Arjit Taneja about fitness. When Arjit playfully dared Mrunal to do a headstand, she jokingly claimed that he could sit while she balanced on her head. He also challenged her to do push-ups, to which she compared herself to Bipasha and asked the actor if he preferred to marry a muscular woman. She remarked, 'Do you want to marry a girl who is manly with muscles? Go marry Bipasha.' Further, she can be seen saying, 'Listen, I am far better than Bipasha.'
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After Mrunal's video went viral, Bipasha appeared to respond with a post seemingly aimed at her. The post read, 'Strong women lift each other up.' Addressing the 'muscles' comment, she added, 'Get those muscles beautiful ladies, we should be strong. Muscles help you attain good physical and mental health forever! Bust the age-old thought process that women should not look strong or be physically strong.'
Fans were quick to criticise Mrunal's comments and slammed the actor online. One wrote, 'All my admiration for Mrunal, gone in seconds :).' Another comment read, 'That's why they made a song on BIPASHA and not you.' One more added, 'The audacity!!!🙄 Bipasha is iconic!'
Bipasha has long been regarded as a sex symbol in the Hindi film industry, with memorable roles in films like Raaz, Jism, No Entry, Dhoom 2, and more. She was a successful model before entering Bollywood and made her debut with Ajnabee alongside Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, and Bobby Deol.
Bipasha has not featured in any films since 2015's Alone. She appeared in a web series called Dangerous in 2020.