Peddi director Buchi Babu Sana on Janhvi Kapoor’s hypersexualization: ‘Had not anticipated such a negative reaction’
The box office momentum for Ram Charan’s highly anticipated sports drama, Peddi, is being met with an equally intense wave of online debate. While the film is drawing massive crowds, public discourse has largely shifted toward how its female lead is written, with audiences raising sharp questions about the portrayal of Janhvi Kapoor’s character, Achiyyamma. In response to the mounting criticism, director Buchi Babu Sana has stepped forward to address the pushback. He candidly admitted that he never anticipated moviegoers would take such strong issue with the film’s central romantic track. Buchi Babu Sana admits he didn’t expect criticism over Janhvi Kapoor’s character in Peddi. (Also Read: Peddi: Hero assaults heroine but Buchi Babu Sana insists on calling it ‘romance’ in Ram Charan-Janhvi Kapoor film) Director reacts to audience criticism Speaking to SCREEN, the filmmaker admitted that the heavy criticism directed at the portrayal of Janhvi Kapoor’s character and the romance between Achiyyamma and Peddi, played by Ram Charan, caught him completely off guard. “I had not anticipated that the scenes would be perceived so …
