South actress Tamannaah Bhatia has criticized comments made
by director Suraaj about objectifying heroines in Tamil filmdom, and
has asked him to apologise to all women in the industry.
In a promotional interview during the release of his newest
Tamil directorial "Kaththi Sandai", director Suraaj was asked
how he succeeded to make Tamannaah look glamorous in the movie.
Suraaj's response has created an uproar in social media.
He told, "Audiences pay money to watch the hero fight
and heroines in full glamour. As a director, I don't like to see my heroines
fully clad in a sari. If we're paying money to watch a film, we should expect
Tamannaah to look glamorous. Any commercial film should have glamour," Suraaj said.
He went on to add that all those heroines who made it big,
chose the glamorous path to stardom.
"Whenever my costume designer presents my heroine in knee-length outfit,
I'd ask him to cut it short. If my heroine gets angry, I'd tell her audience
haven't paid so much for nothing," he further added.
When the clip went viral, Tamannaah took to Twitter to share
her views, and told she was "hurt and angered by the comments made by
director Suraaj".
She told, "I would definitely want him to apologise not
only to me but to the entire women in the industry. We are actors and we are
here to act and entertain audiences and should not at any point be objectified
as commodities.
Having worked in southern filmdom for over a decade, she further
added, "I have worn costumes which I'm comfortable with. It is sad that
women in our country are spoken about so frivolously and I would like to tell
my audiences that our industry should not be generalized due to
comments made by one individual."
Suraaj was inaccessible for comment.
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