A part of me loved the film for Ranbir's performance, great and cinematography an engaging screenplay.
I even posted about it in the other thread.
BUT
The film did have some problematic scenes, and I am not blind to overlook those things.
Although, I anyways did not expect the film to have layers of feminism because women do not have a "respectful" place in Sandeep Vanga's universe.
A whole separate thread can be made about things that were wrong with Ranbir's character.
In terms of misogyny,
- He points a gun at at a pregnant woman who is in labor.
- He asks a woman to lick his boots.
- boasts about being an "alpha male" and how the society functioned back in the day, and says, "sadly, it's a man's world".
Now, whatever the context of these scenes maybe, what concerns me is that in India, where Cinema affects real life as well, glorification and celebrations of films like these is increasing day by day.
I think the film would've been as good as it is, without the misogyny. It's evident that those parts have been added primarily to rile up the audience.
Although, The silver lining is that many people (at least the educated and evolved ones) have realized this, and not taking the bait, because it gives more power to the director.
Also, why is nobody is discussing the unrealistic portions of the film.
- A school boy walks into a college with a loaded gun and shoots at random places and threatens the students and he doesn't have any legal consequences, because he is a big industrialist?
- The hero, who is brutally wounded in every possible way, recovers in a few weeks as if nothing happened to him. (except he losses his hearing).

- Apparently, human clones can be made now by plastic surgery

I don't know whether to appreciate or hate Vanga. He seems like a psychopath in real life who seems to be LIVING his wild fantasies through his films.
Edited by diasingh2 - 1 years ago
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