Adil Hussain says he regrets doing Kabir Singh, Sandeep Reddy Vanga says he will replace actor with AI

Sandeep Reddy Vanga has taken offense once again. The Animal director was irked by a remark made by actor Adil Hussain. Vanga recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to bash Hussain who in a recent interview had not said kind words about Vanga's previous film Kabir Singh.

Adil Hussain played a small role in the film which featured Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in the lead. Hussain has now admitted that he regretted working in the film and was embarrassed about it.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga takes offense...again

On Thursday, Vanga shared a caustic post on X and mocked Hussain's body of work. “Your 'belief' in 30 art films didn't get as much fame to you as your 'regret' of 1 BLOCKBUSTER film did. I regret casting you, knowing that your greed is bigger than ur passion. NOW I'll save you from the shame by replacing your face with AI help. Now smile properly,” he wrote.

For those who can't recall Hussain in Kabir Singh as this writer couldn't initially, the veteran actor played the Dean of the medical school where Shahid and Kiara's character studied.

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What did Adil Hussain say?

While appearing on AP Podcast on YouTube channel recently, Adil Hussain revealed that he was not interested in being a part of Kabir Singh and recalled telling his agent to quote a large fee to the production house so that they would reject him themselves. However, they agreed and he also decided to do themovie. He said that the scene he shot for seemed good enough but when he saw the movie, he could not sit through it for more than 20 minutes.

“I think a film like this celebrates something which is not beneficial for society. It legitimises male misogyny. It legitimises violence against anybody, for that matter, doesn’t have to be a woman. And it celebrates it, it glorifies it, and it should not be glorified,” he said.

Hussain said he was embarrassed about being a part of that film and hoped his wife wouldn't watch it as she would not approve of it either.

The interview clip was posted on Reddit on Wednesday and went viral in no time. Knowing how Vanga reacts to criticism, most had predicted that the maker would react to the interview.

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About the criticism against Vanga

Sandeep Reddy Vanga has long been criticised for his treatment of toxic masculinity in his films. Many have raised objections to the way women characters are disrespected in his films. It started with Telugu film Arjun Reddy which was remade in Hindi as Kabir Singh and continued with Animal, his ₹900 crore (Rs 9 billion) hit from last year, starring Ranbir Kapoor.Animal movie review: Ranbir Kapoor's film is 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham on acid'

Vanga has slammed many prominent celebrities in the past who have criticised his films.

He was criticised for Animal by Javed Akhtar, but Team Animal (which many believe is run by Vanga himself) fired back on Twitter, questioning the lyricist and screenwriter's knowledge about arts. "Writer of your calibre cannot understand the betrayal of a lover then all your art form is big FALSE and if a woman (betrayed and fooled by a man in the name of love) would have said 'lick my shoe' then you guys would have celebrated it by calling it feminism. Let love be free from the politics of gender. Let's just call them lovers. LOVER cheated and lied. LOVER said lick my shoe. Period."

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Vanga has also criticised filmmaker Kiran Rao who had said the Animal director normalised stalking and misogyny in his films. In response, Vanga asked her to ‘go ask Aamir Khan’ about how some lyrics in his 1990 film Dil glorified misogyny. An old apology of Aamir also went viral where he said he was ‘ashamed’ he was a part of irresponsible films that didn’t portray women well. Kiran Rao is Aamir Khan's ex-wife.