As soon as the trailer for the upcoming film Peddi was released, it generated a lot of buzz online, with many praising Ram Charan’s character while others found it repetitive. However, talking about the female lead, Janhvi Kapoor, and her character’s arc in the film has sparked a fresh wave of debate on social media, with fans drawing comparisons to her appearance in her other South film, Devara.
Janhvi, with her presence and performance, is owning the screen and continuing to impress, but a section of fans finds that Janhvi’s character/ appearance in Peddi is similar to Devara. Well, by this, fans don’t mean a similar character trait but the impact of Janhvi’s role. Fans claim that Janhvi seems to be just adding glamour factor in the film and also slams too much focus on the body, cl*avage, and navel.
Fans on social media shared their take, mentioning how Janhvi is shown in heavily glamorized frames with major focus on her body language, midriff, navel-centric styling, and bust rather than the character itself.
A user on ‘X’ wrote, “#Janhvi Kapoor should stop doing these south movies focusing on her navel and blouse pieces.
#Devara and now #Peddi
The amount of negativity she faces online for those is INSANE.”
The second expressed his thought, “#Jhanvi Kapoor from Peddi trailer.
In South Indian cinema, women are portrayed as mere s*x toys, limited to flashing cleavage and showing off their bodies in item songs.
In her previous film, “Devara” Janhvi’s role was limited to a romantic song, wearing a revealing blouse to attract male audiences. Her character had no role in the story. Why she accepts these types of roles, Which have nothing to do with the movie.
When will people in India cast women for their roles? Not only for a male arousal substance!!!
#Peddi.”
The third posted, “Janhvi Kapoor is presented like this by tollywood.”
In addition, reportedly, Janhvi Kapoor is not attending the promotional events of Peddi as she doesn’t want to give the audience unrealistic expectations, as her role in the film is limited, so the makers gave her an option to attend or not, and she chose the latter. And there are also reports that the actress did this film despite her limited appearance because she was paid much more than she gets paid in Hindi films.
