Am OK With Being Called Whore Or Psychopath: Kangana Ranaut to NDTV

New Delhi: In an exclusive interview to NDTV, actor Kangana Ranaut, at the centre of an industrial-strength feud with Hrithik Roshan, said, "If a woman is sexually active, she's called a whore" and if she's "super-successful, she's called a psychopath".

Ms Ranaut has testified to the police in a criminal case filed by Mr Roshan, 42. He has said that Ms Ranaut has lied about once sharing a romantic relationship with him, and that emails and photos that she claims came from him were actually sent by a man posturing as him online.  Ms Ranaut said that the criticism of her - partly because she has refused to cede that she may have been mistaken about whom she was communicating with - does hurt. But when it does, she said, "There's always cupcakes you can fall back on." Below are the highlights of her interview:
 

• I am proud of my fragile body and sharp mind
• If a woman is super successful, she is called a psychopath
• My success is my sweet revenge against controversy
• I am a self-pleaser, not a people-pleaser
• We as women have been defending ourselves way too long
• I don't find it humiliating when they call me a psychopath, witch or whore
• If a woman is sexually active, she's called a whore
• Women can kill with success and sarcasm, why use hands?
• Sometimes you have bad days, but then you have cupcakes
• My journey is extraordinary, from a village to here
• I am not entitled to give my views on something which will be decided in court
• I don't know how to be anybody else than who I am
• It's been a roller coaster ride but I feel I am on the right track
• It's unbelievable that women have been treated like object
• Every attempt is being made to embarrass me