Ever
since
the
trailer
of
Anubhav
Sinha's
Thappad
starring
Taapsee
Pannu
has
hit
the
internet,
fans
can't
stop
praising
it.
However,
many
netizens
also
tweeted
that
Thappad
is
a
perfect
response
to
Shahid
Kapoor's
Kabir
Singh
-
a
film,
which
received
flak
for
its
misogynistic
gaze
and
normalising
violence
in
relationship.
However,
Taapsee
doesn't
agree
with
the
netizens.
While
speaking
to
a
media
agency,
Taapsee
said,
"The
film
('Kabir
Singh')
is
not
entirely
about
that.
There
was
a
moment
in
that
film,
which
kind
of
mad
domestic
violence
or
physical
abuse
by
a
man
on
a
woman
normal
and
a
part
of
love
and
intensity.
Our
film
opposes
that.
To
say,
it
opposes
the
entire
film
will
be
too
heavy
a
statement
to
make.
In
Thappad,
we
don't
feel
it
(violence
in
a
relationship)
is
okay."
Taapsee
also
said
that
violence
can
never
be
a
part
of
love.
Love
is
only
love
until
it
is
backed
by
respect.
If
there
is
no
respect
in
a
relationship,
then
there
is
no
love.
Taapsee
also
asserted
that
domestic
violence
is
very
common
in
India
and
it
doesn't
just
take
place
in
uneducated
families
but
in
educated
families
too!
"It
is
important
that
we
talk
about
it
(domestic
violence),
that's
why
we
made
this
film.
When
we
were
discussing
about
this
film,
we
had
this
thing
in
mind,
to
show
that
the
girl
is
from
a
upper
middle-class
educated
and
well-to-do
family."
"It
is
not
that
such
things
happen
in
those
houses
where
people
are
uneducated.
This
happens
in
educated
families
as
well.
It
is
happening
with
three
women
out
of
five,"
added
Taapsee.
Thappad,
which
also
casts
Pavail
Gulati,
Dia
Mirza,
Ratna
Pathak
Shah,
Tanvi
Azmi,
Kumud
Mishra
and
Manav
Kaul,
is
slated
to
hit
the
theatres
on
February
28.