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Kannada actor Risheekaa Ssingh slams Yash’s Toxic trailer
Kannada actor Risheekaa Ssingh criticised the trailer of Yash's upcoming film Toxic, questioning its portrayal of women and a scene showing the star partially nude. In Instagram videos, she told Yash: 'Why…
The Story in Brief
Kannada actor Risheekaa Ssingh criticised the trailer of Yash's upcoming film Toxic, questioning its portrayal of women and a scene showing the star partially nude. In Instagram videos, she told Yash: 'Why did you have to drop your pants like that you absolute monkey? Show women some proper respect or we will surely kick you out of Karnataka.' She also asked why Kiara Advani was brought from Bollywood 'to be portrayed in such a manner,' referring to a dialogue where a woman is asked her 'rate'.
Directed by Geetu Mohandas, Toxic is a gangster drama featuring Yash in a dual role, with Kiara Advani, Huma Qureshi, Rukmini Vasanth, Nayanthara and Tara Sutaria. The Times of India reports Mohandas had earlier addressed similar reactions to the teaser, writing on Instagram: 'Chilling while people figure out female pleasure, consent, women playing systems.' Yash's fans hit back at Ssingh, with one noting the director is a woman and another asking where her concern was during the film Animal. Toxic is scheduled for release on August 26.
The Indian Opinion
Ssingh's outburst feeds a convenient binary: anyone criticising Toxic is a moral guardian, and anyone defending it is blind to sexism. The truth is messier. A film can be fair to women and still show ugly realities; a trailer is not the full story. The director is a woman, yet the pushback against her own choices gets framed as male ego. The real test is the film itself: will the women in Toxic have agency beyond being props in a gangster's world, or will August 26 prove Ssingh right? That is the only question that matters.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
