Even as Kabir Singh is inching towards becoming this year’s blockbuster, netizens are crazy about the Telugu original, Arjun Reddy.
The movie, starring Vijay Deverakonda, tells the story of a degenerate surgeon whose anger and temper lead him into a drug addiction after his long-time girlfriend marries someone else.
Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy won accolades but were also criticised for ‘toxic masculinity’.
Vishnupriya Bhandaram from First Post writes “The depiction of anger/insolence/and ‘free spiritedness’/’does as he pleases’ as some form of alpha male attitude/attributes is deeply problematic.”
Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Writers: Mandela Pedaswamy (additional dialogue), Sandeep Reddy VangaStars: Vijay Deverakonda, Shalini Pandey, Jia Sharma
IMdB: 8.4/10