Tamannaah Bhatia On Celebration Of Toxic Masculinity In South Films (image:instagram.com/tamannaahspeaks)

Tamannaah Bhatia, actress known for her movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages, in a recent interview with Filmfare, shared her opinion on the celebration of toxic masculinity in South films.

When the interviewer asked about South films” toxic masculinity and if there were any scenes or movie she refused to perform, Ms. Bhatia replied: “In the South, certain formulas are used because they are easy. In certain commercial films, I couldn’t relate to my characters and would request that the filmmaker lower the intensity,” HT reports.

Adding further, the Jailer actress said: “I came to a point where I stopped doing those parts. I started making a conscious effort not to be part of such films where toxic masculinity is celebrated to the point where it is almost intolerable.”

Similarly, she has also responded about how her success in South films did not translate in Bollywood and if it bothered her: “The films I made here (Bollywood) didn’t work because it was their destiny. I never took it as a personal failure because a movie is made with a lot of people contributing to it. That way, I am a bit detached from both my successes and failures. I don’t take either seriously. I am alive. I am here. That’s how I look at it. After 17 years, I still wake up every day wanting to do it over and over again. Acting is my passion. I wake up to face the camera. It excites me the most.”

Ms. Bhatia’s latest release Rajinikanth starrer Jailer did exceptionally well in theatres and collected Rs.650 crore worldwide. Recently, she has also seen in Netflix India anthology Lust Stories 2, Telugu Movie Bhola Shankar, and Amazon Prime series Jee Karda.

Her upcoming releases include Malayalam film Bandra, Tamil movie Aranmai 4, and Hindi movie Vedaa.