Ishaan Khatter and Neelima Azeem defend Shahid Kapoor and misogyny in Kabir Singh: It's cinema

Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh has crossed over Rs 100 crore at the box office. However, ironically, the film continues to be bashed for its misogyny and violent approach towards women. Recently, Ishaan Khatter came to Shahid's defence on the subject.

Ishaan had shared a post on Instagram, congratulating Shahid on the success of the film. A user commented, "Sweet justification to misogyny, naice, very naice."

Ishaan Khatter defends Shahid Kapoor

Ishaan replied, "No, actually it’s quite the opposite. It’s an appreciation post for a gem of a human being and an actor par excellence. As for your read on the film, it’s cinema. Everybody should have an opinion. I don’t agree with yours. But that’s a conversation for another day enjoy your day!"

However, there were several other negative comments. Shahid Kapoor's mother Neelima Azeem stepped in and wrote, "Friends what we need to understand is Kabir Singh is a film which is an A certificate film...All the great films down the ages be it scar face, a street car named desire or even god father or the recent a wolf on wall street would have to be scrapped ..great films with stupendous performances. Our adult audiences are intelligent enough to understand the difference between reel and real life...appreciate the film the narrative the music and the powehouse performance...its rare to see so much a film gives you...love."

Neelima Azeem's comment

Ishaan's post for Shahid had read, "As happy as can be for my big brother today who’s always been a shining example of a human being for me. Not a doubt in the world that you deserve the smashing success but it continues to baffle me how you were able to play one of the most complex, lost and damaged characters with such perfection while returning home to being the most centered, loving and responsible family man I know. Thank you for showing me what it means to be a responsible son, father, husband and brother always AND for knocking me out with your performance in and as #KabirSingh."

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As happy as can be for my big brother today who’s always been a shining example of a human being for me. Not a doubt in the world that you deserve the smashing success but it continues to baffle me how you were able to play one of the most complex, lost and damaged characters with such perfection while returning home to being the most centered, loving and responsible family man I know. Thank you for showing me what it means to be a responsible son, father, husband and brother always AND for knocking me out with your performance in and as #KabirSingh You are

A post shared by Ishaan (@ishaankhatter) on Jun 25, 2019 at 10:17pm PDT

Kabir Singh is the Hindi remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy, which tells the story of a hotheaded surgeon, who turns to substance abuse after his lover leaves him for someone else. The Hindi film stars Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in the lead roles. It has been directed by Sandeep Vanga.

Ishaan Khatter had made his debut last year with Majid Majidi's Beyond The Clouds. After that, he was seen in Shashank Khaitan's Dhadak.

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