{"id":64599,"date":"2025-08-13T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64599\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:24:08","slug":"bipasha-basu-wants-women-to-get-those-muscles-after-mrunal-thakurs-old-video-calling-her-manly-resurfaces-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64599\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipasha Basu wants women to \u2018get those muscles\u2019 after Mrunal Thakur&#8217;s old video calling her \u2018manly\u2019 resurfaces | Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Updated on: Aug 13, 2025 06:37 pm IST <\/p>\n<p>    Bipasha Basu has shared a post where she urged women to bust the age-old thought process that women should not look \u2018physically strong\u2019.     <\/p>\n<p>Since the last few days, an old video of actor <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/mrunal-thakur\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Mrunal Thakur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mrunal Thakur<\/a> from her Kumkumbhagya days has gone viral on social media. In the video, Mrunal called <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/bipasha-basu\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Bipasha Basu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bipasha Basu<\/a> &#8216;manly with muscles&#8217; and claimed she was &#8216;better&#8217; than her. On Wednesday, Bipasha took to her Instagram Stories to share a cryptic post that seemed to be a response to Mrunal&#8217;s comment. (Also read: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/mrunal-thakur-reacts-to-son-of-sardaar-2-release-being-pushed-because-of-saiyaara-101754659859151.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"\u2018Why not celebrate Saiyaara?\u2019: Mrunal Thakur reacts to Son of Sardaar 2 release being pushed because of competition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Why not celebrate Saiyaara?\u2019: Mrunal Thakur reacts to Son of Sardaar 2 release being pushed because of competition<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bipasha_mrunal_1755088808759_1755088809129.jpg\" alt=\"Bipasha Basu has responded to a mean comment that was made by Mrunal Thakur.\" title=\"Bipasha Basu has responded to a mean comment that was made by Mrunal Thakur.\"\/>   Bipasha Basu has responded to a mean comment that was made by Mrunal Thakur.    What Bipasha wrote<\/p>\n<p>Bipasha took to her Instagram Stories to share a quote that read, \u201cStrong women lift each other up.\u201d She went on to add more in the caption, which read, \u201cGet those muscles beautiful ladies, we should be strong. Muscles help you attain, good physical and mental health forever! Bust the age old thought process that women should not look strong or be physically strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp_Image_2025-08-13_at_6.17.51_PM_1755089781268.jpeg\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bipasha Basu via Instagram Stories.\" title=\"Bipasha Basu via Instagram Stories.\"\/> Bipasha Basu via Instagram Stories.  <\/p>\n<p>Bipasha did not mention Mrunal&#8217;s name in her Instagram Stories and added the caption: \u201clove yourself.\u201d Mrunal has not commented on this matter yet.<\/p>\n<p> Mrunal&#8217;s comment<\/p>\n<p>For the unversed, in the throwback video Mrunal was heard saying, \u201cDo you want to marry a girl who is manly with muscles? Go marry Bipasha. Listen, I am far better than Bipasha, ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the work front, Mrunal was recently seen in Son of Sardaar 2. The comedy entertainer, led by Ajay Devgn, released in theatres on August 1, to mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. She will be seen next in Dacoit: A Love Story. She also has Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai with Varun Dhawan and Pooja Hegde scheduled for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bipasha was last seen in the 2015 film Alone. The actor stepped back from movies to focus on her family and motherhood. She married Karan Singh Grover in 2016, and they welcomed their daughter, Devi, in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>         <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754306463_443_story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Entertainment_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/entertainment\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Bollywood_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/entertainment\/bollywood\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Bollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bollywood<\/a> \/ Bipasha Basu wants women to \u2018get those muscles\u2019 after Mrunal Thakur&#8217;s old video calling her \u2018manly\u2019 resurfaces   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated on: Aug 13, 2025 06:37 pm IST Bipasha Basu has shared a post where she urged women&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[34205,6491,96,34206,21445,34207,56,54,55,5919],"class_list":["post-64599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bipasha-basu","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-kumkumbhagya","tag-mrunal-thakur","tag-strong-women","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-viral-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}