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Twinkle Khanna slams Naseeruddin Shah for calling Rajesh Khanna a 'poor actor'

Twinkle Khanna's close friend Karan Johar agreed with the actress-turned-author and criticised Naseeruddin Shah.

Veteran actor, Naseeruddin Shah’s comments on Rajesh Khanna took the internet by storm. In a recent interview, Shah said that 70 was the time when mediocrity came in Hind films and also when Rajesh Khanna joined the industry, who according to him was a poor actor.

Daughter of late actor Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna has hit out at veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who took to her Twitter and slams Naseeruddin Shah.

Twinkle Khanna’s close friend Karan Johar agreed with the actress-turned-author and criticised Shah, saying his comments were in exceptionally bad taste.

Rajesh Khanna, who was Bollywood's first superstar, died of cancer in July 2012 at the age of 69. He has starred in films like ‘Baharon Ke Sapne’, ‘Aradhana’, ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, ‘Amar Prem’ and ‘Aap Ki Kasam’ among others. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards and was nominated for the same fourteen times. He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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