South movies ruining India’s image, not promoting India’s culture
Despite all the promotions by Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday and a well-received trailer and songs that clicked, Liger took an underwhelming opening at the box office after which, it fell flat on day 2. However, as bad as this is for the trade across all territories in the country, it’s also much needed as South movies have thrived on the permeation of a false notion that they promote Indian culture and values, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Allow us to elaborate and remove your blinkers if you’re among the brainwashed…
Liger – chudail dialogue
Throughout Liger, Ramya Krishnan refers to Ananya Panday and all young girls in general as chudails, and it’s supposed to be funny. Moreover, Vijay Deverakonda’s character never rectifies her because, well, being a pseudo-dutiful son is more important as per Indian culture than arresting patriarchy.
Liger – rape joke
In another scene in Liger, Vijay Deverakonda’s MMA class friends joke about him giving it “hard” to Ananya Panday, and we’re supposed to find this funny, too, in writer-Director Puri Jagannadh’s infinite wisdom because his sick mentality might imagine rape to not be too serious an issue.
Liger – pregnancy dialogue
When a bunch of women trained in the martial arts form of Krav Maga are kicking Vijay Deverakonda’s ass, all he asks them is why they’re doing it since he hasn’t made any of them pregnant. Of course, women empowerment can’t go beyond women being tough according to the makers.
KGF 2 – rape joke
When Yash captures, sorry, kidnaps Srinidhi Shetty’s character, he jokes in front of her father that she’s going to be his entertainment in his bedroom. Her father does nothing and her consent be damned and even if she consented, her respect be damned.
Pushpa – damsel in distress
While Allu Arjun’s eponymous Pushpa is thankfully neither misogynistic nor patriarchal, even his character can’t escape the trapping of being a knight in shining armour to Rashmika Mandanna’s damsel in distress. We understand fighting for your woman’s honour or standing up for any woman’s honour for that matter, but it’s the portrayal of Rashmika’s character that is problematic.
F3 – age disparity
The Khans, Kumars, Devgns romancing younger heroines is a huge issue when at least two of them are making efforts to nullify that age gap, but a 61-year-old Venkatesh Daggubati paired opposite a 32-year-old Tamannaah Bhatia is no issue at all even though he clearly looks older as opposed to the aforementioned Bollywood superstars. It’s also no issue that everything revolves around his character alone.
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