Published 14:10 IST, December 17th 2019

Kiara Advani opens up about her role, says "the character of Kabir Singh is flawed"

Recently, actor Kiara Advani, in an interview with a leading daily, opened up about her portrayal of Preeti, in Kabir Singh. Read to know more details.

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Kiara vani and Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh went on to become one of highest-grossing movies of year 2019. It topped list of Google India’s 2019 top trends. It became most searched movie of 2019, on Google, leaving films like Avengers: Endgame, and Joker behind. Even though movie was a box office hit, it faced a lot of controversies. Recently, Lust Stories actor Kiara vani opened up about her role in movie. Re more to kw what actor h to say.

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Kiara vani talks about her character portrayal of Preeti

After Kabir Singh faced several controversies and was bashed for glorifying Shahid’s character Kabir. This was due to fact that fans and critics felt character of Kabir Singh h a toxic masculine personality, and it was glorified in movie. Shahid Kapoor, and director of movie Sandeep Reddy Vanga, tried to clear air around issue and justified Kabir’s personality, but female le of movie did t say much. Recently, Kiara opened up about her character of Preeti, a shy, submissive girl.

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Talking to a leing news daily, actor said that ‘personally’ she may t agree with certain scenes and y may make her uncomfortable. But those things were re to also make audience uncomfortable as character of Kabir was flawed. She ded that she never looked at him as a hero. She also ded that one must look at movie as a work of fiction, and one should idolise or try to imitate characters.

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Kabir Singh, a remake of a Telugu film Arjun Reddy, dominated Indian Box office with its release. It has been critically acclaimed for strong character portrayals, and it collected over ₹ 20.21 crores on its opening day. It is first Indian A-certified movie to have gross over ₹ 200 crores in India. 

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09:35 IST, December 17th 2019