Kangana Ranaut claimed that it was writer Apurva Asrani’s idea to give her additional credit for her work on the dialogues in Simran. The actress, at a promo event for the film, said:
“First of all, I want to make it clear that there are no dues pending. Somehow people make it look like Apurva has not been given credit, that is not true. We made the contract exactly the way he wanted it to be, in fact, Apurva is the one who suggested that I take additional credit for dialogue writing. So we made the contract that way.”
Ranaut said that she found Asrani’s sudden attack to be in bad taste. “After Rangoon failed and some people attacked me, he decided to write the note and said what he wanted to say which I found in very bad taste. He has got the credit he wanted and there is no issue,” she told Deccan Chronicle.
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The film is about a maid, Praful Patel, who has big dreams and aspirations, and doesn’t think twice about fighting for them. Ranaut said that she and her character of Praful have a lot of similarities.
“This is unfortunate that in every step of my life I had to fight for my right. And I have been doing that all my life. It is okay if you call me a fighter or a rebel, this is how I am. I do not take offence on those names but I will stand for my right, be it by fighting or in any other way.”
Simran is directed by Hansal Mehta. The film landed in controversy after its scriptwriter (Apurva Asrani) wrote a Facebook post in which he attacked Mehta and Ranaut. Asrani took offence to the fact that Ranaut was offered additional writing credit in the film.