Yash talks about sensual scenes in Toxic after backlash; says Geetu Mohandas brings ‘female gaze’ to action film
The promotional material for Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has faced backlash for how the sex scenes were shot. However, on the sidelines of CinemaCon, lead actor and producer Yash insisted that director Geetu Mohandas brought a ‘female gaze’ to the action film. He also spoke about what was different about working with her vs male directors. Geetu Mohandas has directed Kiara Advani and Yash in the Kannada-English film Toxic. Yash on Geetu Mohandas’ ‘female gaze’ for Toxic American content creator and host Sabeen Faheem interacted with Yash at CinemaCon recently. In the video of the interaction posted on Instagram, she remarked that it’s rare in India to see a woman director like Geetu helming an action film like Toxic. Yash agreed with her, saying, “That’s the most exciting part. So what happens is that when you generally say action films, it’s only restricted to male directors. That’s been historically (true) in India. A lot of people have done that. A large-scale action film, that too a gangster film with a female gaze, is …


