Did Sonu Sood just intensify his Manikarnika war with Kangana through this statement?

After a war of words and “official statements”, Sonu Sood walked out of Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Manikarnika’.

The same happened after Kangana donned the director’s hat to shoot the remaining portions of the war film post the original director Krish got busy with his next project (NTR biopic).

Kangana released a statement which read, "Sonu and I haven't even met since the last shot with Krish (director) last year. He is busy filming Simmba. He couldn't even give us tentative dates to match combinations with other actors. The producers showed him the film and writers narrated the patchwork to him but he refused to meet me. He vehemently denied to work under a woman director..... which is kind of amusing because Sonu is a dear friend and I have even launched the music of a film that he produced on his request..... even though the team suggested that they have full faith in me, it seems, Sonu had neither dates nor faith."

Giving a befitting reply to this, Sonu told Pinkvilla, "The gender of the director is not the issue. Competence is. Let’s not confuse the two.  I’ve worked with Farah Khan [For Happy New Year] who’s a competent woman director and Farah and I had a great professional equation and we are still best of friends. That’s all I would like to say."

From what Sonu mentions, it only appears that he has called Kangana incompetent of directing a film, despite the actress claiming that the whole team of 'Manikarnika' supporting the decision of her taking the director's chair for the remaining portions.

Kangana stated that she has finalized Zeeshan Ayub who gave his dates in September, which is also when Sonu called, only to be too late. However, his spokesperson had something completely different to narrate.

The actor’s spokesperson said, “Sonu has always been a thorough professional and honoured all his commitments. He had informed the makers of Manikarnika about his dates and schedule well in advance. Inconveniencing the team of his current film to accommodate the demands of another, are against his professional principles. Sonu has taken the higher road ahead and wishes the team of Manikarnika all the best."

After looking at the war intensifying in just a day, it looks like Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood’s fight might just be the next Kangana-Hrithik saga of the year.