Actor Kangana Ranaut has claimed that many big stars are secretly praising her work in 'Thalaivi', but are afraid of doing so openly due to the terror of what she refers to as "movie mafia". Replying to a Twitter user, Kangana claimed many big stars like Akshay Kumar & others secretly congratulated her for 'Thalaivi' trailer. She added they wouldn't openly praise her as they would do for Alia and Deepika's film because of 'movie mafia terror'.