Kantara: Rishab Shetty’s Action-Thriller Slammed by Tumbbad Writer For Celebrating ‘Toxic Masculinity’

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Kantara: Rishab Shetty’s action-thriller was lately slammed by Tumbbad author Anand Gandhi for celebrating ‘poisonous masculinity’.

Kantara: Rishab Shetty’s Kantara created new milestone for Kannada cinema worldwide by crossing Rs 400 Crore on the field workplace. The action-thriller based mostly on the traditional custom of Bhoota-Kola is being hailed for its correct depiction of rural customs and beliefs. The PAN (popular-across-nation) India blockbuster grew to become a game-changer for not simply Kannada however Indian cinema as properly. According to senior movie exhibitor and distributor Manoj Desai, was overwhelmed by the movie’s humungous opening at Mumbai’s Gaiety Galaxy as properly. In-spite of its large success, the movie has been criticised by a bit of audiences for selling ‘sexism.’ Recently, Anand Gandhi, one of many screenplay writers of the 2018 horror-fantasy Tumbbad additionally known as out the Rishab Shetty directorial for glorifying ‘toxic masculinity.’

CHECK OUT TUMBBAD’S SCREENPLAY WRITER ANAND GANDHI’S TWEET:

Kantara is nothing like Tumbbad. My concept behind Tumbbad was to make use of the horror as an allegory of poisonous masculinity and parochialism.
Kantara is a celebration of those.

— Anand Gandhi (@Memewala) December 3, 2022

KANTARA CRITICISED FOR GLORIFYING STALKING

Anand tweeted on Saturday, “Kantara is nothing like Tumbbad. My idea behind Tumbbad was to use the horror as an allegory of toxic masculinity and parochialism. Kantara is a celebration of these.” Those opposing the movie had earlier additionally talked about concerning the dominance of males over girls, consent and stalking being showcased within the film. Certain scenes like ‘pinching’ or intimidating the feminine result in woo her have been written off by netizens. And the celebration of male patriarchy was slammed by sure film critics as properly.

Apart from Rishab, Kantara additionally stars Sapthami Gowda, Pramod Shetty and Achyuth Kumar in essential roles.

For extra updates on Kantara and Rishab Shetty, take a look at this area at India.com.

Published Date: December 3, 2022 3:09 PM IST