Kabir Singh: Sandeep Reddy Vanga defends film against 'pseudo' criticism: It's not love if you can't demonstrate it physically l meaning of 'pseudo' and misogyny
Kabir Singh: Sandeep Reddy Vanga defends the film against 'pseudo' criticism: It's not loving if you can't demonstrate it physically l meaning of 'pseudo' and misogyny
Even as Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s June 21 release Kabir Singh film has earned fire for the misogyny of its central character. The debate intensified in the weekend when in an interview with journalist Anupama Chopra, the film’s writer-director Vanga defended his film and its hero.
*Misogyny is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. Misogyny manifests in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, disenfranchisement of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification.
Sandeep Reddy Vanga and the film have been criticised for letting the hero go unpunished after slapping his docile girlfriend in one scene, belittling a character by calling her fat, and threatening a woman at knifepoint to have sexwith him.
*pseudo meaning is; not genuine; spurious or sham.
In the 36-minute interview with Chopra on YouTube, Vanga dismissed criticism of the film as “pseudo” and its critics as “parasites”. He justified the hero’s temperamental behaviour calling anger the “purest emotion”, and said that a romantic relationship doesn’t pass muster if “you don’t have the liberty of slapping each other.”
Sandeep Reddy Vanga said that he was not bothered by “pseudo-feminists and pseudo-sympathisers”. He added, “There is not one place where I have showed women in a derogatory way. There is no bum or cleavage shot. I never asked my audience to look at the girl’s body.”
Kabir Singh is Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s official Hindi remake of his own Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy, which was released in 2017. The film, which is reported to have earned Rs 225 crore so far, follows its titular hero (Shahid Kapoor) spiralling down in a haze of alcohol and violent behaviour after his separation from his lover, Preeti (Kiara Advani).
Read reactions here:
What an arrogant sexist prick this man #SandeepReddyVanga is! And insecure as hell. His film is a monstrous hit and yet he is rattled by what critics had to say. And no Mr. Vang’s, you do not call someone fat - that’s rude, offensive, inconsiderate and very politically incorrect.— Aseem Chhabra (@chhabs) July 6, 2019
By promoting movies like Kabir Singh and directors like Sandeep Reddy Vanga, we are indulging a highly destructive catharsis that will hurt everyone in its path. It is not art, but abuse of cinema to normalise violence against women https://t.co/BFAXTmSEp5— Vasudha Venugopal (@vasudha_ET) July 6, 2019
With the rage and cult of #KabirSingh every feminist got Zipped their mouth. #SandeepReddyVanga you are man with guts, hope you will continue this success and rage in future too.— iamthebookbug (@imvoyager19) July 6, 2019
May be people like Kabir Singh and its creator Sandeep Reddy Vanga fall in the kind of love where you have to slap each other to prove it. But he should not go around issuing certificates on true love. If I truly love a guy and he slaps me, I will break his bones and move on.— Monica (@TrulyMonica) July 7, 2019
I knew a Kabir Singh in college and I shudder at the thought of revisiting memories from that time of my life, all thanks to him. Didn't think I will muster the energy to put this out but Sandeep Vanga's interview triggered stuff even watching Arjun Reddy for context couldn't. /1— Shephali Bhatt (@ShephaliBhatt) July 6, 2019
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