Taapsee Pannu On Kabir Singh: “The Same Misogynist People Who Didn’t See A Problem With Kabir, Booed Manmarziyaan’s Rumi”
When Taapsee Pannu was asked about Kabir Singh, she said, “Manmarziyaan’s Rumi Bagga was a flawed character too, but people who didn’t see a problem with Kabir, booed Rumi. We aren’t oblivious to the double standards of our society”
Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh may be
doing wonders at the box-office, but the film also got criticised for its
misogynistic plot. While the film was based on a possessive lover and his
violent behaviour, the film has already crossed Rs 250 Cr and is inching closer
to 300 crore mark. Earlier, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga had reacted on the
criticism he had received for the film. He had said, “When you are deeply in
love and deeply connected to a woman (and vice versa), if you don’t have the
liberty of slapping each other, then I don’t see anything there. She slapped
him without a reason, at least Kabir had a reason to slap her. If you can’t
slap, if you can’t touch your woman wherever you want, if you can’t kiss, I
don’t see emotion there.”
Now, during a recent conversation with Mumbai Mirror, when Taapsee was asked about Kabir Singh, she said, “Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy are not the only films glorifying misogyny, there are several others too but not to this extent. That is one of the reasons why I do the kind of films I do, there should be a counter narrative too. I know I’ll never be able to match up to the numbers of this film but that won’t deter me. We are on the cusp of a change and I am not going to give up now. The problem is not showing flawed characters… The problem is when you glorify them and make what they are doing seem heroic. This character is so revered that whatever he does is not just accepted, it is celebrated.”
Further, when she was asked if she thinks the audience would
be equally accepting of a “female Kabir Singh”, she said, “She was probably not
a female Kabir Singh, but Manmarziyaan’s Rumi Bagga was a flawed character too,
and ended up losing her love and getting divorced. The same misogynist people
who didn’t see a problem with Kabir, booed Rumi. We aren’t oblivious to the
double standards of our society.”
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