Actor Adil Hussain, who played a supporting role in the controversial film Kabir Singh, defended his choice to criticise the movie, but clarified that he wasn’t criticising its director, Sandeep Reddy Vanga. The actor said that he will continue to call out misogyny and violence in films, and that he blames no one but himself for having done Kabir Singh, because he didn’t read the entire script before signing on.
In an interview with India Today NE, he was also asked to respond to Vanga’s claims that a small role in Kabir Singh got him more fame than the rest of his career. “How do I respond to that? Is Ang Lee less famous than him? Is Mira Nair less famous? Ang Lee was an Oscar-winner before Life of Pi,” he said. Adil has worked with both filmmakers.
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He said that Indian society is susceptible to believing what it sees on the big screen as reality, and so, filmmakers have an added responsibility to be more sensitive. “Cinema is a powerful medium, it can influence you deeply. In a country where they build statues of heroes and worship them, what sort of films do you want to make? You have to take into account the innocence and the intellectual level of the mass audience. If you make a movie that glorifies violence and misogyny, I will always retain my right to criticise you,” he said.
Adil said that he can understand that Vanga is upset about what he said. “But I have never blamed him. I have said that it’s my fault that I didn’t read the script. I might give you 100 explanations about why I didn’t read the script. But they should not be counted. The fault lies with me. I should have read the script. I read my scene only, and I did the film. It’s my fault, and when I watched the film, I realised that I had made a big blunder,” he said.
Adil also said that it’s always easier to trigger base instincts like ‘fear, anger, hatred, jealousy’, and stressed on his right to criticise what he doesn’t like, and defended Vanga’s right to disagree with him. In an earlier interview with Zoom, when he was asked if he’d have done Vanga’s Kabir Singh follow-up Animal, Adil said, “Never.” He then added, “Even if they paid me Rs 100-200 crore, I would never do it.”
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