Mumbai/IBNS, March 25 -- Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and Kangana Ranaut have once again indulged in a verbal spat online, and this time, their bone of contention is the Kunal Kamra issue.

While Hansal Mehta has condemned the crackdown against stand-up comic Kunal Kamra for his jokes targeting Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Kangana has accused the comedian of "abusing people".

Mehta flagged the issue in a post and said, "What happened with Kamra is, sadly, not new to Maharashtra. I've lived through it myself."

"No matter how deep the disagreement, no matter how sharp the provocation-violence, intimidation, and humiliation can never be justified. We owe ourselves, and each other, better. We owe ourselves dialogue, di...