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I rewatched Queen recently, and honestly, it feels strange now.

Rani is everything Kangana's public persona sometimes seems to stand against. She's sheltered, inexperienced and unsure of herself, but the entire film is about her discovering that she has the right to make her own choices. She travels alone, meets people outside the world she's always known, becomes financially and emotionally more independent, and eventually realises that being a “good woman” doesn't mean shrinking yourself to fit someone else's expectations.

And then there's Kangana today.

The contrast is hard to ignore.

This is an actress who played one of Hindi cinema's most beloved portrayals of a woman finding her freedom, while later making deeply dismissive comments about young women and Gen Z, including referring to them in degrading terms. She's also promoted the idea that India only received its “real” independence in 2014 and repeatedly leans into a kind of rigid, dogmatic political rhetoric that feels completely at odds with the openness that Queen represents.

And that's where separating the art from the artist gets complicated.

Because I don't want to rewrite history and pretend Kangana wasn't phenomenal in this film. She was. Rani works because Kangana makes her feel awkward, funny, vulnerable and completely believable. It's one of those performances where you stop seeing the actor and just see the character.

But I also don't think appreciating the performance requires defending the person behind it.

Queen doesn't belong to Kangana's current politics. Rani isn't responsible for the opinions of the woman who played her. The character exists independently now, and what she represents can mean something to people regardless of what the actor believes.

If anything, the irony makes the film more interesting.

Rani's entire journey is about refusing to let other people dictate what kind of woman she's supposed to be.

And that's a message I can still believe in, even when I strongly disagree with the person who delivered it.

Maybe that's what separating the art from the artist actually means—not pretending the artist hasn't changed, but refusing to let their later actions erase what the art meant to you.

Kangana can be Kangana. Rani can still be Rani.

So we all know about the Epstein files right? The kids and women there didn't just spawn out of nowhere. They also were not adopted by Epstein or trump or any other capitalist involved with Epstein. Then where did they come from?

Now there are many theories but the most believable theory is that they were kidnapped from foster families, orphanages, kidnapped and forgotten by the media or taken from orphanages around the world.

(Maybe that's why russia banned adoption of kids by US citizens).

Now the main question is, were the women or children they had kept in captivity free (in the price sense)?

Probably not.

Epstein or trump or any of their close allies couldn't have went and brought hundreds, if not thousands of kids and women from all over the globe and all over america. They likely had a human trafficking system where women and kids had a price. They probably had websites or photos they scrolled through and selected the ones they want like they're just shopping for some dresses from amazon.

Now, I believe that in a true capitalist society, the bourgeoisie will sell anything that can be sold which does include women and children. So if capitalism keeps increasing like this then soon enough the women of those societies will be nothing more than a product born to be priced and sold. They'll probably have platforms where people will scroll and select the one they want like they're shopping for a coffee table in the evening but instead of a coffee table, there will be living and breathing human beings that supposedly had rights. This is why we must come together and stop the capitalists. Capitalism spreads because it's easier to fit in a small number of words that can easily brainwash people and also seems like rainbows and sunshine from the outside, like free market and all so anyone can become a billionaire.

Now, we must become a socialist society in order to preserve women's rights and fight against the bourgeoisie.

The irony of Queen hits differently now.

Kangana plays Rani — a sheltered young woman who gets dumped, travels alone, meets people from completely different backgrounds, discovers her independence and, most importantly, realises that she doesn't need anyone's permission to live her own life.

And then you look at some of Kangana's public commentary today.

She's spoken dismissively about Gen Z women, including describing them in extremely degrading terms, while the character she played so brilliantly is practically the opposite of that attitude: a woman learning to make her own choices without being shamed for wanting freedom.

That's not even getting into her political rhetoric, including the infamous claim that India received its “real” independence in 2014. Whatever your politics are, that's an incredibly different worldview from the spirit of Queen, a movie fundamentally interested in a woman discovering agency for herself.

And that's where “separate the art from the artist” becomes genuinely difficult — but also necessary.

Because Queen doesn't belong to Kangana's current politics.

Rani isn't a mouthpiece for whatever Kangana believes today. She's a character written by other people, brought to life by an actress who, at the time, gave an extraordinary performance.

You can watch Rani walk through Paris and Amsterdam, make friends, travel alone, screw up, learn things and finally realise that her life is hers — without agreeing with the person who played her.

In fact, the contrast is almost surreal.

The woman who played one of Hindi cinema's most memorable portrayals of female independence has spent years making public statements that I find deeply regressive.

And I don't think pretending otherwise is necessary to appreciate the film.

Kangana can be politically exhausting. Some of her public statements are genuinely baffling to me. I can disagree with her, criticise her and still say:

Queen is fantastic.

Rani is fantastic.

And perhaps the funniest part is that Rani would probably tell all of us to stop obsessing over Kangana and go live our lives.

The character can be better than the person who played her.

Sometimes, separating the art from the artist isn't about pretending the artist is good.

It's about refusing to let the artist take away something meaningful they created.

So I'm not gonna go into much detail but this girl was diagnosed with severe bpd and she's mentally unstable. She has 6-7 exes and while my brother and she were in a relationship she used to entertain her longest ex of 2 years while he was drunk and then my brother found out that they were playing pretend relationship behind his back. After this they obv fought and he forgave her and she begged him not to leave her. She told him to cheat on her and make her suffer because she doesn't feel anything otherwise. This girl has like 4-5 hbs that she video calls every day for hours and she lets them insult and tear down my brother's self respect. Even today her FWB texted her saying tell your bf to go fuck himself and she didn't even defend him just said oki and sent the ss to him to hurt him oh and did i mention how she posted her ex while she was in a relationship w my brother? She's completely fucked up mentally and is very manipulative. She told my brother that she doesn't want him to leave but also doesn't wanna date him which just means that she wants to keep him on hold and explore her options and come back when she gets bored.