Kartik Aaryan: Why do we get uncomfortable with women playing a negative character?
Kartik Aaryan
His latest film 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety' has been under the scanner for being sexist
Kartik Aaryan is on cloud nine after the success of his latest film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweetythat has become one of the only few blockbusters of 2018.
Flanked by fans wherever he goes, Kartik now feels that he has gained a lot of female fans.
Speaking about the success of his films and fan following for him, Kartik said, “After PKP and now even more with Sonu Ke, I received a lot of female adulation. I don’t think a normal romantic film would have had the same effect. I loved playing Sonu. He has these shades of grey, is manipulative, but needs to be likeable as well. Sonu is as commercial as it gets."
Even though the movie did good commercially, many thought that Luv Ranjan’s film was sexist. When asked if he thought so too, Kartik said, "I don’t think so. Most films have men playing the villain, what does it say about men at large? We don’t have a problem with that. Why do we get uncomfortable with women playing a negative character? I think we should give more credit to our audience. They are smart, they will not get swayed so early."
The film along with Kartik Aaryan also had Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh in lead roles.
Kartik was recently spotted walking the ramp with Kareena Kapoor Khan for designer Manish Malhotra’s show in Singapore.