Abhay Deol slams his own film 'Raanjhana', writes 'History will not look kindly at this film for its regressive message'

Abhay Deol has now slammed his own film Raanjhana for its 'regressive' theme. He took to his Instagram page and shared an insight penned by Instagram user Swadha Agrawal. He posted the screenshots of her note along with the poster of Raanjhana. In the film, Abhay played the role of Jasjit, Sonam K Ahuja's beau about whom she lies to her family that he is Muslim. But he is Punjabi. The film had Dhanush in his Bollywood debut who is in love with Sonam's character and in one scene he is seen threatening to slit his wrist if she doesn't reciprocate feelings for him.

Abhay wrote, "Such clear and valid insight from @oldschoolrebel9 regarding the film Raanjhana. History will not look kindly at this film for its regressive message. It’s been a theme in Bollywood for decades, where a boy can (and should), pursue a girl until she relents. Only in cinema does she do that willfully. In reality, we have seen time and again that it leads to sexual violence of some sort. Glorifying it on-screen only leads to blaming the victim, as @oldschoolrebel9 explains it so brilliantly. Please do take time out to read her observations in the pics above. #shedoesnotlikeyou #growup #gloryfyingsexualharrasment."

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 on Aug 18, 2020 at 8:24pm PDT

Meanwhile, Swadha wrote about Abhay's character stating, "Jasjeet sits beside a man who stalked his girlfriend for so long, threatened to slit her wrist if she doesn't reciprocate, sabotaged their wedding, got him almost killed and he very conveniently puts the blame for all it on the lady he claims to love. What was Zoya's fault? Yes, she made a very silly plan of faking her boyfriend's religion but didn't Jasjeet agree to go along with it? Yes, she could have been more upfront about her refusal to Kundan but when from the very beginning was he ever considerate or respectful to her consent?"

 

 

 

 

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 on Aug 18, 2020 at 6:42am PDT

Raanjhana is directed by Aanand L Rai and released in 2013.