A lot was expected from Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor starrer Bawaal. The film was directed by Nitesh Tiwari who delivered films like Dangal and Chhichhore. But Bawaal ran into controversy over trivialising the suffering of victims of Holocaust.
In one of the scenes, they enter a gas chamber in a dream-like sequence and struggle to breathe. In another scene, Janhvi’s character talked about human greed when she said, “Aren’t we all a little like Hitler?” and added, “Every relationship goes through their Auschwitz.” The chatter against the film got so strong that even the Israeli Embassy in India issued a statement criticising the movie.
But Janhvi Kapoor continues to defend the film. In a recent interview with Galatta Plus, she explained that the intentions of the makers were pure and the film has its heart in the right place.
She mentioned that she was part of a lot of initial discussion with the makers about what the intention was and what the thought was. She added that she had a lot of clarity of what they were trying to say and where they were coming from and she believes that it was a very pure thought of just trying to move people by what had happened and to hopefully motivate them to understand that their problems are nowhere near to what happened and hopefully get them to see things in a new way .
She also explained that it is all a matter of perspective. She felt sad that some people thought they were trivialising it. That was not the intention and she would like to understand where that opinion is coming from.
Varun Dhawan had also defended his movie and told Pinkvilla, “Some people got triggered or sensitive about this. But I don’t understand where does that sensitivity or trigger go when they watch, suppose an English film, I’m saying for example. They’re allowed to do everything there, they’re allowed to take leaps and they’re allowed to show things in a certain way, but you’ll find that correct."
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