Nakuul Mehta's war of words with Sona Mohapatra over Kabir Singh

Submitted by TellychakkarTeam on Sat, 06/22/2019 - 19:06

MUMBAI: Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani, released yesterday. The film continues to woo the audience and has received a positive response. Actors from the world of television and Bollywood have taken to social media to praise the duo’s performance. So much so that it has now started a debate on Twitter.

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It all started when Nakuul took to Twitter and praised Shahid’s performance. He said, 'There are 99 problems but @shahidkapoor ain't one. Leaving the politics of the film aside, it's a brilliant portrayal. In every frame and owned each of 'em. #KabirSingh'.

Retweeting this, Sona wrote, '& how can we keep such deeply disturbing, dark & dangerous politics ‘aside’? Does the actor have no responsibility for choosing to play a part in a narrative that can set us back as a society? Is that all we have become? Creatures of ambition? #LetsTalk #India #KabirSingh'.

Replying to Sona, Nakuul wrote, 'Sure we must! Exactly the conversation which ensued post watching the film. It's something I ask myself too having done a fairly popular role which in parts did succumb to the narrative of patriarchy & machismo but eventually redeemed himself. A dialogue is a must. We must question it, discuss it. As an artist, must I judge the character I play? Maybe not. As a thinking individual? Yes. Can we seperate the performance from the performer? Tough questions we must ask ourselves, given the times we are in'.

Check the post here.

There are 99 problems but @shahidkapoor ain't one. Leaving the politics of the film aside, it's a brilliant portrayal. In every frame and owned each of 'em. #KabirSingh

— Nakuul Mehta (@NakuulMehta) June 21, 2019

& how can we keep such deeply disturbing , dark & dangerous politics ‘aside’? Does the actor have no responsibility for choosing to play a part in a narrative that can set us back as a society? Is that all we have become? Creatures of ambition? #LetsTalk #India #KabirSingh https://t.co/UxUbWdOpAF
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) June 21, 2019

A dialogue is a must. We must question it, discuss it.

As an artist, must I judje the character I play? Maybe not.
As a thinking individual? Yes.
Can we seperate the performance from the performer?

Tough questions we must ask ourselves, given the times we are in.
— Nakuul Mehta (@NakuulMehta) June 22, 2019