Shahid
Kapoor's
'Kabir
Singh'
stirred
up
a
heated
debate
about
the
insensitive
portrayal
of
women
in
cinema.
Kabir
Singh
was
a
Hindi
remake
of
the
hit
Telugu
film,
Arjun
Reddy,
which
told
the
story
of
a
man's
obsessive
relationship
with
his
girlfriend.
Kabir
Singh's
script,
its
characters,
and
depiction
of
certain
scenes
were
opined
by
many
within
the
Hindi
film
industry
as
being
misogynistic.
Emraan
Hashmi,
an
actor
who
has
done
his
fair-share
of
what
is
generally
considered
as
'bold
films',
recently
gave
his
two-cents
on
the
debate.
He
is
of
the
opinion
that
while
he
doesn't
put
creative
restrictions
on
himself,
the
intention
behind
the
portrayal
of
a
character
matters
to
him.
He
thinks
that
the
portraying
ill-treatment
of
a
woman
is
ok,
as
long
as
the
offender
is
not
glorified.
"I
do
not
have
any
preset
notion
on
what
I
should
or
should
not
be
doing
on
screen.
When
we
play
a
character
on
screen,
it
is
about
the
journey
of
the
character.
There
is
an
intention
behind
the
portrayal
of
the
character.
Even
if
it
shows
that
a
woman
is
ill-treated,
and
the
offender
is
not
glorified
but
punished,
it
is
all
okay.
I
always
look
at
the
intention
with
which
a
story
is
told.
Because
I
think
the
intention
defines
the
film," Emraan
told
IANS.
Previously
known
to
portray
a
romantic
hero
in
a
majority
of
his
films,
Emraan
has
recently
been
a
part
of
a
couple
of
issue
based
films.
He
chose
to
do
'Why
Cheat
India'
and
'Tiger'
to
express
his
opinions
on
social
issues
through
the
medium
of
cinema.
Emraan
is
currently
prepping
for
the
release
of
his
next
film,
a
mystery
thriller,
'The
Body'.
He
will
star
alongside
Rishi
Kapoor
and
Shobhita
Dhulipala
and
others
in
the
film.
The
Body
releases
on
December
13,
2019.