This Kabir is not a Saint.
The latest box-office success 'Kabir Singh' has garnered its fair share of appreciation and love from the audience apart from racking in a formidable hundred crores in a matter of five days. This is more a matter of concern than joy, and the response it has received from audiences - men women alike is frankly disturbing.'Kabir Singh' shows a college senior 'picking up' a junior girl by claiming her as 'his bandi', like property, as if boys have the right to objectify girls and pick them up like potatoes and onions. The audience laughed and cheered the protagonist on when he forced a girl to stripe on knife point and chased his house help furiously down the flight of stairs when she accidentally broke a glass. At the end of the film, we are made to sympathise with his 'trauma and heart break', substance abuse and his aggressive behaviour. Audiences have justified this behaviour by labeling it as personal choice but they forget that this choice al...