Indian actor Adil Hussain, who played a supporting role in 2019 movie Kabir Singh , said he has every right to criticize the movie. However, Hussain said he wasn’t criticizing director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Hussain said he won’t stop calling out misogyny and violence in movies, adding he blames no one but himself for singing Kabir Singh as he didn’t read the entire script before agreeing to do the movie.
Kabir Singh Entry 🤌🏻 pic.twitter.com/Y70ezdDVGX — SALMAHI (@CinemaXCricket) December 4, 2023 In a new interview with India Today NE, Hussain responded to Vanga saying that his role in Kabir Singh brought the actor more fame than his entire career before it.
Responding to Vanga’s claim, Hussain said, “How do I respond to that? Is Ang Lee less famous than him? Is Mira Nair less famous? Ang Lee was an Oscar-winner before Life of Pi.” For those who don’t know, Hussain has worked with famed filmmakers Lee and Nair in Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist , respectively. Speaking about how gullible the Indian movie-going audience is, Hussain added, “Cinema is a powerful medium; it can influence you deeply.
In a country where they build statues of heroes and worship them, what sort of films do you want to make? You have to take into account the innocence and the intellectual level of the mass audience. If you make a movie that glorifies violence and misogyny, I will always retain my right to criticize you.” A post shared by Beyond Dreams (@beyondreams.
in) Talking about Vanga, Hussain added, “I have never blamed him. I have said that it’s my fault that I didn’t read the script. I might give you 100 explanations about why I didn’t read the script.
But they should not be counted. The fault lies with me. I should have read the script.
I read my scene only, and I did the film. It’s my fault, and when I watched the film, I realized that I had made a big blunder.” For those unaware, the controversy began when Hussain, in an interview with Zoom, was asked if he would have done Vanga’s Animal .
Hussain had replied saying, “Never. Even if they paid me Rs. 100 or 200 crore, I would never do it.
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