Oviya's '90ml' opens to polarised views; creates a debate on the Internet

Oviya's women-centric adult comedy-drama 90ml has opened to polarized views between critics and the public. The film which hit the cinemas on Friday has created a debate on Twitter and Facebook on the 'misuse' of creative freedom with popular producers and critics locking horns with each other. 

Producer Dhananjayan Govind, best known for bankrolling films such as Thaandavam, Kaatrin Mozhi, Settai, and Ivan Thanthiran to name a few, took to his Twitter page to express his strong displeasure about the film. Dhananjayan opined that films like 90ml are detrimental to the society and censured film's director Anita Udeep for coming up with such an idea.

Hope & wish Dir. @anitaudeep & Producer @UdeepB watch this honest review by Dr.Abhilasha on how your film #90ML can be detrimental to our society. Please have some responsibility towards the society & don't spread venom among our youngsters to make moneyhttps://t.co/a0BK0cw2X0

— BOFTA Dhananjayan (@Dhananjayang) March 1, 2019

In Chennai city, the film has raked in Rs 30 lakhs on its opening day and the demand for the Oviya starrer has on the rise since yesterday, thanks to netizens. 

National award-winning film critic Baradwaj Rangan pointed out how people who were okay with adult-comedy movies like Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kutthu have suddenly turned culture-protectors for a women-centric adult film like 90ml. 

Cannot believe people who didn't mind films like Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu are now fretting about the "social impact" of #90ml. So guys making vagina jokes is okay, but when girls do it, it's not? 

— Baradwaj Rangan (@baradwajrangan) March 2, 2019

90ml has released alongside Arun Vijay's investigative thriller Thadam, which has opened to good reviews from both critics and the general populace.