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FILM: Kabir Singh Director: Sandeep Reddy Venga Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani Here’s what critics have to say about _Kabir Singh:_ > “Director Vanga’s realistic spin on the Devdas
myth is delivered > with the same gusto and gumption as in the original movie. Apart > from dropping a few expendable scenes and replacing some of the > songs on the soundtrack, the
174-minute _Kabir Singh_ is a > resounding echo of the Telugu film. And yet, there is plenty to > compare. The casting and performances make all the difference > between the
original and the facsimile.” Nandini Ramnath, Scroll > “There is barely any nuance, no credibility when it comes to the > love affair itself. It’s more perverse than persuasive, >
humiliating than affirming when it comes to the woman. Then there > are _all_ the women falling for this gent who officiously tells them > not to wear lipstick into the surgery and
adorn their chunni (stole) > properly. Where is the much mythologised and attractive masculinity > and bad boy charisma? There is no sense of place either, be it Delhi > (no Delhi
is not merely Punjab and Punjabi) or Mumbai. The finale is > ludicrously convenient making one wonder whether to laugh or cry. Namrata Joshi, The Hindu > “Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga,
remaking his Telugu hit, Arjun > Reddy, gives us a character who nearly rapes a woman at knife-point, > and later pees his pants. This is not traditionally heroic > behaviour,
which is why I assumed Vanga was making a cautionary > tale. Instead, Kabir Singh actually applauds its pathetic > protagonist, and ends up an obnoxious celebration of toxic >
masculinity.” Raja Sen, Hindustan Times Published: 21 Jun 2019, 10:15 AM IST