Shooting in South Africa could be loads of fun. “The country is so breathtakingly beautiful, filled with natural beauty. But my heart is just not in it,” sighs Kangana Ranaut, who’s shooting for Suneel Darshan's Shaka Laka Boom Boom.

“I want to return home. My sister Rangoli is in the hospital. Of course my parents are there to look after her, but without me they’re a little lost in Mumbai.”

Her sister, who suffered an acid attack a few weeks ago (the assailant was somebody whose proposal she’d rejected), will be undergoing skin grafting for her burns in a few days.

“I really need to be near her. I don’t want to delay the operation. Rangoli wants to look as pretty as she did earlier for her wedding which is on February 8. We really can’t delay her cosmetic surgery.”

Kangana feels the acid-throwing accident could’ve done worse damage to her sister. “Her face could’ve been irreparably damaged. Her fiancé could’ve called off the marriage. None of this happened.

Of course, the professional side of Kangana will finally prevail. “If Mr Darshan had asked me to stay back, I would have. But I’d really not like to miss my sister’s surgery. And there’s no way I’d allow her to be operated till I’m present there.”

Now the matter has been sorted out. “I will be returning home soon and Rangoli’s operation is in the first week of November. After the acid-throwing, anything could’ve happened. Maybe some people don’t like the fact that a small-town girl like me is being noticed so suddenly.

I want to make it clear that I’m not here to be a threat to anyone. But I won’t take insults or injustice lying down. But God has been kind. My sister has got back her life. That’s more important to me than my success.”

‘My sister will get her face back’
...says Kangana Ranaut, who’s flying back to Mumbai for her sister’s facial surgery following an acid attack
SUBHASH K JHA Times News Network

- times news network