Vidya Balan opines no Khans can play gay man like Mammootty
Vidya Balan opines no Khans
can play gay man like Mammootty
Vidya Balan opines no Khans
can play gay man like Mammootty in Jeo Baby’s
Kaathal
On the podcast Unfiltered with Samdish, Vidya explained why it’s “quite impossible” for that to happen.
Mammootty did in Kaathal.
We have to accept that it’s a more literate audience in Kerala. That’s a big difference. The texture of the lowest common denominator is very different in Kerala. She isn’t taking away from him (Mammootty) that he did.
But maybe it’s a bit easier there as It is a reflection of his society. She thinks they’d be more open to something like this. And they revere their actors like anything in the South.
They worship them, especially the male superstars. So it’s that much more creditable that he went ahead and did it. He didn’t think it’d be a reflection on my machismo. He’s a much more secure actor,” said Vidya.
Vidya further went on to add when she watched Kaathal:, the Core, she messaged Dulquer Salmaan to convey her compliments to his superstar-father. “For the biggest superstar of Malayalam cinema to not only act in it, but also produce it, she doesn’t think there’s a bigger show of acceptance or support to the community, and then opening others’ minds to the same.
Adding furthet that she doesn’ think any of the Hindi stars would be able to do a film like Kaathal
She did, however, say that she’s hopeful of the new generation to break that notion. She took Ayushmann Khurrana’s example, who played a gay man in Hitesh Kewalya’s 2020 romantic comedy Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.
About Kaathal: The Core
Directed by Jeo Baby of The Great Indian Kitchen fame, Kaathal: The Core marks Mammootty and Jyothika’s first film together. They play a married couple, where Jyothika’s character asks for a divorce on the grounds that her husband is gay.
Penned by Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria, the film was produced by Mammootty Kampany and distributed by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films. The movie also features actors Joji John, Jisshu Sengupta, Muthumani, Chinnu Chandni and Sudhi Kozhikodein key roles.
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