Shah Rukh Khan distances from roles demeaning women
Shah Rukh Khan distances from roles demeaning women
Shah Rukh Khan Says He Doesn’t Like Roles That Demean Women, Netizens Feel It’s Dig At Animal & Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Shah Rukh Khan stated that he never wanted people to look up to Devdas, and that he wanted the character to come across as ‘spineless’
At the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival award event in Switzerland where he was honoured, amidst his speech Shah Rukh Khan, while speaking at length on his cinematic choices over the years, said that he desists from doing roles that demean women. Netizens quickly reacted and wondered if he was taking a dig at Sandeep Reddy Vanga”s controversial directorial “Animal”.
Amidst the event, SRK also recounted on one of his most iconic roles, Devdas, and quoted that he never wanted people to look up to him and doesn’t like to emote characters which demeans a women. The actor went on to add that he will be honest and didn’t want to be liked for the reason in the film that, there is a woman, and he doesn’t commit to her. He wanted to come across as a person who is a bit of a spineless person. It’s not somebody you should look up to. Yes, enactment might be nice. It’s enjoyable but it’s not the character that you take back home.
No sooner the clip went viral, netizens felt that it was the actor’s swipe at Animal, which hit the headlines in 2023 after being labelled as “toxic” and “misogynist”.
This is second time he has shaded Animal and Ranbir,” a user commented, while another wrote, “Vanga will give a interview tomorrow and justify toxic behaviour.”
Animal can be easily termed as one of the most controversial Bollywood movies of recent times, and it featured Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role. The film was criticised over its treatment of female characters, be it Rashmika Mandanna or Triptii Dimri. The film was also slammed for glorifying the negative connotation attached with the term ‘alpha male’.
However, Ranbir had later stated that the film did not mean to glorify the toxicity of his character, and that it was solely made as a form of storytelling and entertainment.
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