Kangana Ranaut's moved on, why is Hrithik Roshan reviving their spat?

At a recent awards’ function held in Madrid, as Salman Khan was in the spotlight for him using a rape analogy, there was another controversy brewing around the corner with the presence of Hrithik Roshan.

The ugly spat between Hrithik and Kangana Ranaut early this year seems like a thing of the past, or that’s what some think because when Hrithik took the stage to answer questions, he confirmed how he had not forgotten about the legal tussle which took place only a few months ago. When asked, if he had moved on from the controversy, Hrithik replied with, “Nothing is behind me. It’s in front of me and soon it will be in front of you.”

Their famous feud began when Kangana in an interview, hinted at Hrithik, calling him a ‘silly ex’. Hrithik responded with a statement on the lines of, ’there are more chances of me dating the Pope’. The spat turned ugly when Hrithik slapped a legal notice on Kangana and asked her for a public apology. Kangana, on the other hand, said she was not some ‘dim-witted teenager’ and shot off a counter notice to her co-star of Kites (2010) and Krrish 3 (2013).

In this messy and volatile episode between Hrithik and Kangana, where many emails and photos were leaked, the fact of the matter is that a huge part of the alleged relationship seemed to have transpired on emails. There are no pictures of the actors together outside the professional stage in their alleged relationship that spanned many years.

The entire case seemed to be the case of two email IDs — an alleged impostor (claiming to be Hrithik) and Kangana — which apparently led to exchange of emails between Kangana’s real email ID and Hrithik’s ‘fake ID’.

And to find out who was operating the third email ID, the cyber crime police needed Kangana’s cooperation as a witness as Hrithik had given a written complaint to the cyber police station against an impostor for impersonating him and writing emails to Kangana. He had stated that an impostor had been communicating with Kangana, claiming to be him (Hrithik). The actor said that he was surprised when Kangana informed him that she had been exchanging e-mails with him on that e-mail address. He told her that he did not have anything to do with hroshan@email.com and gave a letter to the cyber police to probe the matter.

Kangana was questioned regarding the matter at her residence on 30 April. The actress, apparently, told the police that the email ID she communicated with Hrithik on was given to her by the actor himself and she was not in conversation with an impostor. Sources close to the actress also said that she further told the police it was Hrithik who hacked her account and was in a relationship with her.

While both the parties have been lying low for last many weeks and it previously appeared that their legal tussle is a thing of the past now, Hrithik’s comment at the awards’ event yesterday, that he hasn’t left anything behind him and things will soon be in “front of everyone,” made everyone wonder. Earlier, Kangana’s lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee told Firstpost, “It’s over, the matter is dead,” before leaving for a vacation to Europe few weeks back.

However, when Rizwan was contacted today, he shot back saying, “I don’t know what he (Hrithik) meant by that. It’s of no consequence to me. From our side it is over. It’s about him and the impostor. Kangana was the witness and she has given her statement to cyber crime police. I don’t want to say any further than this.”

Another source close to Kangana says, “We don’t know why he’s (Hrithik) projecting aggression. Is it a positive push for himself now that his film (Mohenjo Daro) is coming up for release? Even if there was an impostor, Kangana was the witness and she has recorded her statement. Let him (Hrithik) find his impostor.”

Hrithik’s spokesperson explains, “Both the parties have not withdrawn their case and investigations are on. Legal battle is still on. That ’s what Hrithik meant when he said that it will soon be in front of everyone. We don’t know how long the investigations will take, it is a government thing.”

Meanwhile, Hrithik’s lawyer, Dipesh Mehta, informs us about the case, “The matter is at a standstill, nothing’s happening. But I don’t know if it’s over. Investigations are pending. Police is the right person to tell you, they are enquiring. Our job was to inform the police and now the investigating agencies have to decide.”

Hrithik is currently looking forward to his next film, Ashutosh Gowariker directed Mohenjo Daro, which releases on 12th August and he has started work on Sanjay Gupta’s Kaabil. Kangana’s period romance film, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj - Rangoon will release on 24 February next year and soon she will leave for the US to start work on Hansal Mehta’s next, Simran.