Deepika Padukone controversy: xXx actress opens fire on 'IRRESPONSIBLE' Bollywood stars

Deepika has spoken in support of comments made about recent film Kabir Singh. Although the director Sandeep Vanga and main star Shahid Kapoor have repeatedly defended the project, which is a remake of Vanga’s own Telugu film Arjun Reddy. Deepika has previously berated other stars and their “disappointing” behaviour and lack of social responsibility. Now she has rebuked Bollywood as a whole if it does not take responsibility.”

Kabir Singh was a box office success and huge crowd pleaser earlier this year.

It tells the story of a man overcoming immense personal demons to find love and redemption. His violent nature is exacerbated by alcohol and drugs and he becomes abusive and controlling of his sweet and younger girlfriend Preeti.

Many critics have also called out the movie, which appears to “glorify” domestic violence. Vijay Deverakonda, who plays the main role in the original film, possibly didn’t help when he defended the violent scenes between the couple as “they give each other little hits and stuff.” 

Deepika spoke out on a televised panel with other Bollywood stars like Deverakonda, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Sethupathi and Manoj Bajpayee.

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The issue was raised by actress Parvathy Thirovothu, who contrasted the film and its remake with the recent Joker movie.

She said: “There is a very fine line, reflecting what’s there in society, showing what misogyny is and glorifying it. 

“Arjun Reddy or Kabir Singh both had the visual grammar of glorification, Joker did not.

“We can watch a tragedy and leave it there, without feeling inspired to follow it. Whereas if you’re telling there is no passion in a relationship without slapping each other – and I see the comments on YouTube where people are resonating and engaging with that –  there is also, you can see, engaging with a wrong thing in a massive, mob-like manner. Where you’re inciting violence…”