Shahid
Kapoor's
latest
release,
'Kabir
Singh'
is
hitting
the
headlines
both,
for
right
and
wrong
reasons.
While
on
one
hand,
the
Hindi
remake
of
'Arjun
Reddy'
is
unstoppable
at
the
box
office,
it
is
also
embroiled
in
a
lot
of
controversies
after
many
slammed
the
film
as
a
misogynistic
one
depicting
toxic
masculinity.
Further,
director
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga's
recent
controversial
interview
with
Film
Companion
added
more
fuel
to
the
fire
when
he
made
some
shocking
statements
while
defending
his
film.
The
filmmaker
was
quoted
as
saying,
"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." In
the
same
interview,
speaking
about
a
particular
scene
in
the
film,
in
which
Shahid's
Kabir
Singh
physically
assaults
Kiara
Advani's
character,
Preeti,
he
said,
"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."
Sandeep's
comments
didn't
go
down
well
with
the
netizens
who
have
been
bashing
the
man,
left,
right
and
center.
Celebrities
like
Kubbra
Sait,
Gulshan
Devaiah,
Samantha
Akkineni,
Chinmayi
Sripada
and
others
too
slammed
the
filmmaker
for
his
comments.
Now,
the
filmmaker
has
said
that
he
was
misquoted
by
the
press
while
speaking
to
Times
Now.
'You
Took
Me
Wrong
Completely,
'
Says
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga
The
'Kabir
Singh'
director
told
Times
Now,
"You
took
me
completely
wrong.
It's
not
assault.
When
you're
so
close
to
each
other,
when
you
can't
handle
your
worst
thing
with
each
other.
And
you
don't
have
the
liberty
of
showing
your
worst
side."
The
Filmmaker
Says
He
Was
Misquoted
"The
worst
thing
is
not
like
‘iss
din
daaru
peeke
aake
maar
rha
hai'.
It's
about
the
liberty
of
the
expression
between
a
couple
who
is
deeply
connected.
It
works
for
a
woman
also
and
it
works
for
a
man
also.
I
spoke
for
both
the
sides.
But
sadly,
they
are
quoting
in
a
very
wrong
way."
Sandeep
On
Being
Accused
Of
Apparent
Endorsement
Of
Physical
Violence
By
Netizens
I'm
not
endorsing
that.
I
can't
reply
to
everybody
in
this
world.
When
people
are
deeply
connected
in
love
they
should
not
shy
away
from
the
fact
that
they
can
show
their
worst
side
to
each
other.
That's
what
love
is
all
about,
when
you
can't
handle
the
person
in
their
worst
side."
Meanwhile,
Kabir
Singh
Holds
Strong
At
The
Box
Office
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
"#KabirSingh
hits
the
ball
out
of
the
park
on
[third]
Sun...
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a
fantastic
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in
Weekend
3...
Crosses
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#Kick
and
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Next
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[Week
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cr,
Sat
7.51
cr,
Sun
9.61
cr.
Total:
₹
235.72
cr.
India
biz."