New Delhi: Actress Dimple Hayathi slammed trolls criticising her for supporting Janhvi Kapoor amid ‘Peddi’ backlash and said several female actors don’t receive roles that fully showcase their abilities.
Hayathi recently shared a note for Kapoor on her ‘X’ handle after a section of the audience criticised the film for objectifying women through its camera work, dialogues and romantic scenes between Ram Charan and Kapoor.
Hayathi said if characters are underwritten, the responsibility lies more with writing and filmmaking choices and not the actor essaying the role. She herself was later trolled for supporting Kapoor.
In another series of posts on Monday, Hayathi lashed out at trolls and said her thoughts were shaped by her experience and are not supposed to align with others.
“Guys, relax, take a chill pill. Please concentrate on your lives. I have got my opinion or my experiences don’t have to go with you or I come and answer each of you,” she wrote.
The actress said some female actors have to spend years working within the limitations of the characters they are offered or written for them.
“But one thing to remember, not every female actor is fortunate enough to receive roles that fully showcase their abilities… It’s not about who has come from where and who’s who big or small or who is less over who, it’s only spoken and unfair to place the entire burden on a female lead actor when the shortcomings clearly stem from the writing,” she wrote.
The backlash on the film was also addressed by the director, Buchi Sana, who shared a statement on social media on Saturday and said the film will require changes.