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Highlights

• Kangana Ranaut has backed Piyush Mishra after he criticised Naseeruddin Shah over his comments about Bollywood’s silence on student protests.
• Ranaut said she would “rather be a dog” than a “lomdi” (fox), referring to Shah.
• The dispute began after Shah compared Bollywood’s silence on student protests to a “dog with a bone in its mouth”.
• Mishra questioned Shah’s own response to the Jharkhand students’ protest.

A war of words between veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah and Piyush Mishra has drawn BJP MP and actress Kangana Ranaut into the controversy, with Ranaut backing Mishra and launching a pointed attack on Shah.

The dispute began after Shah criticised Bollywood personalities for remaining silent over student protests. He compared those who refused to speak out to “a dog with a bone in its mouth that cannot bark”.