KBC gaffe back to haunt Sonakshi as Mukesh Khanna takes dig at her

Mukesh Khanna, who played Bhisma Pitamah in Mahabharat, took a dig at Sonakshi Sinha over her Kaun Banega Crorepati gaffe and said the rerun of Ramayan and Mahabharat on DD will be useful for people who haven’t watched them before.

Mumbai: Mukesh Khanna, who ruled the small screen in his prime, is elated with the return of mythology sagas Ramayan and Mahabharat during the lockdown. The veteran actor cited Sonakshi Sinha's example and said the historic comeback of over three-decade-old shows will make many acquainted with mythology.

Amid the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown, Ramanand Sagar's mythological serial Ramayan and BR Chopra's Mahabharat returned on Doordarshan on public demand.

Mukesh, who essayed the role of Bhisma Pitamah in Mahabharat, in his interview with a leading daily took a potshot at Sonakshi and said that re-telecast will be useful for people who haven’t watched them before.

“I think the reruns will be useful to many who haven’t watched the show earlier. It will also help people like Sonakshi Sinha who have no knowledge about our mythological sagas. People like her don’t know who did lord Hunuman get Sanjivani for. There is a video doing the rounds where few boys are asked whose Mama (uncle) was Kans and they got scared to answer. Some said Duryodhan, others said something else, so they are not aware of the mythology,” Mukesh told the leading daily.

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For unversed, Khanna was referring to the massive trolling that Sonakshi had to face after her appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati. The Dabangg star had struggled in giving the right answer to a question on Ramayana during an episode of the show, and netizens had labeled her #YoSonakshiSoDumb back then.

Last September, a video of Sonakshi did rounds of the Internet where she was seen on the hotseat with Rajasthani artisan Ruma Devi, facing show host Amitabh Bachchan asking her: "According to Ramayana, Hanuman fetched the Sanjeevani herb for whom?" Sonakshi was visibly confused and used a lifeline.

Knocking down the naysayers, the Mission Mangal actor had said that she is prone to rash comments of trolls. However, the fact that this time it's coming from an industry veteran and not any anonymous social media user, will Sonakshi still be unfazed by what Mukesh said? Let’s wait and see how she chooses to react to the criticism this time around.