‘Women aren’t beaten, objectified’: Saumya Tandon DEFENDS ‘Dhurandhar’ after a netizen calls Ranveer Singh starrer ‘misogynistic’

Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’, which released on 5 December, has been creating a strong buzz among cinema lovers. The film brings together Ranveer Singh, Saumya Tandon and Akshaye Khanna in key roles, with Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and Sara Arjun adding more star power.

Netizen calls ‘Dhurandhar’ misogynistic

Along with the excitement, an online debate has started after a netizen called the film misogynistic. The discussion began when a female netizen posted a sharp comment about Ranveer Singh and ‘Dhurandhar’. Her long tweet read, "Step 1: be a male actor in Bollywood who is known for being a soft-boy. Step 2: realize you are becoming irrelevant and your female audience is losing interest. Step 3: grow out your beard and hair to look like a mindless caveman with no hygiene so you can cater to the male audience. Step 4: star in a misogynistic movie as a manchild with 0 emotional intelligence and get thousands of fanboys and fanmen. Step 5: promote aggression and misogyny under the name of “masculinity” and earn crores of rupees while real men get influenced by your actions and go around doing real harm to women. But you don’t care cause you’re rich and have no ethics �� Some more such examples : Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor (sic)."

Her post spread quickly and triggered strong reactions from users who felt she was being unfair.

Fans defend the film’s portrayal of women

Another netizen stepped in and disagreed with her take. The reply said, "Both the female leads legit slap men and they don't even react. This woman wouldn't have even watched Dhurandhar but as usual making lame points to play woman card which has no relation with the movie (sic)."

‘Dhurandhar’ actress Saumya Tandon defends the film

Saumya Tandon, who plays Akshaye Khanna’s wife in the film, reacted to the viral exchange and shared her thoughts about the world of ‘Dhurandhar’. She wrote, "Agreed. In the universe Dhurandhar is set in, with the societal norms the director chose to depict, it is a male-dominated world, yet the women are treated with dignity. They aren’t beaten, objectified, or shown as one of many wives, even though that society could have allowed it. It’s important to remember we’re dealing with a very different world (sic)."

Saumya compares film tone to mainstream glamour

Saumya further continued her explanation with another post, saying, "Sorry that the grain of this story doesn’t allow for glamorous heroines singing songs on exotic beaches, that may work for other scripts, but not in this one. That said, as an actor, I do hope I also get opportunities to be part of women-centric narratives (sic)."

Saumya Tandon praises Ranveer’s strong dedication

In her chat with News18 Showsha, Saumya also spoke warmly about Ranveer Singh’s hard work. She said, “Ranveer is one of the most powerful actors we have. And this is a very big film for him, and he has really put in his 100 per cent in it." Even though she appears only in a small part, she noticed the high level of effort the actor brought to the film.

She added, “I mean, I have not really been throughout the film because I have a, you know, like I have small part which I play in it. But I have heard from everybody on the set that it was quite a gruelling shoot. And he has put in his 2000 per cent, and it’s showing. I think he deserves all the love for this.”


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