We’re talking about his latest offering, Kabir Singh, a remake of the Tamil film, Arjun Reddy. Shahid plays Kabir – an extraordinary surgeon with massive anger management issues – who falls for a first-year student Preeti, played by Kiara Advani. In an age where international film-makers are aiming for empowered female roles and women-centric films, Kabir Singh seems to take a huge step back. But here’s a bigger question: Where do the leads of Kabir Singh come in all this hoo-ha? While Kabir Singh has been called out for its worrisome content, will Bollywood and the global film fraternity stop masking troublesome lovers behind romance anytime soon?

Source: The Express Tribune July 05, 2019 08:15 UTC