{"id":470950,"date":"2026-06-01T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/470950\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:00:15","slug":"girija-oak-says-she-did-not-earn-national-crush-tag-kangana-ranaut-says-khoobsurti-istamal-karke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/470950\/","title":{"rendered":"Girija Oak says she did not earn National Crush tag; Kangana Ranaut says \u2018khoobsurti istamal karke\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November 2025, clips from an interview with Girija Oak<\/a> went viral. It wasn\u2019t for what she had said, but more so for how beautiful she looked while wearing a blue saree. While promoting her upcoming film Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata, Girija remarked that she hadn\u2019t earned the National Crush tag that followed her after. Here\u2019s how her co-star Kangana Ranaut reacted.<\/p>\n

\"GirijaGirija Oak and Kangana Ranaut will share the screen in Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata.Girija Oak says she did not earn her virality, Kangana Ranaut reacts<\/p>\n

In the promotional interview for the film, the interviewer remarked, \u201cComing to Girija, a lot of people have made her famous as the blue saree girl.\u201d When she sighed, he added, \u201cBut did you know that she has studied biotech, and there\u2019s a whole life which we have very little idea about, which is motherhood, and this film that\u2019s happening.\u201d Kangana <\/a>chimed in, saying, \u201cWhat is this about the blue saree? I also heard about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Girija then explained and said, \u201cA clip of mine from a podcast went viral. People kept sharing it, you know how the internet explodes suddenly. There was no logic or reason for it. A lot of people kept commenting on my looks. At the end of it, I feel like that wasn\u2019t even my achievement. It was my genes. I have earned nothing in how I look.\u201d Despite her unhappiness, Kangana joked, \u201cI am very happy you\u2019re in my film. Please apni khoobsurti ka istamal karke film promote kare. (Please use your beauty to promote the film).\u201d<\/p>\n

When the interviewer remarked that Girija was underplaying her National Crush tag, she remarked, \u201cBut for something to become national, tell me where you get the certificate for. Her (Kangana) becoming national is legitimate. There\u2019s no legitimacy to me being called the national crush.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Girija Oak went viral as the \u2018blue saree girl\u2019<\/p>\n

Last year, Girija went viral, and people began calling her \u2018blue saree girl\u2019 and the new National Crush<\/a>. Addressing it with the Lallantop, she said, \u201cSomeone asked if anything has changed. I said no, I\u2019m not getting extra work offers.\u201d She also opened up about the dark side of sudden fame, stating that she was receiving many disturbing messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone said, \u2018I can do anything for you, give me a chance.\u2019 Someone even asked my rate \u2014 Ek ghanta bitaane ki keemat kya hai (What is the price to spend an hour with you?). There are many such messages. If these same people saw me in real life, they wouldn\u2019t even look up. Behind a veil, people say anything. In front of you, they speak with love and respect. This is a strange zone. There can be a big debate on how seriously we should take this virtual space,\u201d said the actor.<\/p>\n

Girija is known for her work in Marathi and Hindi cinema. She has starred in Taare Zameen Par (2007), Shor in the City (2010) and Jawan (2023). She was last seen in Hello Bachhon. Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata<\/a> will be released in theatres on June 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In November 2025, clips from an interview with Girija Oak went viral. It wasn\u2019t for what she had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[212722,458,146,83946,85,46,25455,218944],"class_list":["post-470950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bharat-bhhagya-viddhaata","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-girija-oak","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kangana-ranaut","tag-kangana-ranaut-on-girija-oak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}