Tamil and Telugu film star Siddharth, who gained prominence in Bollywood after Rang De Basanti went on a Twitter rant yesterday. The actor was in conversation with another person over the glorification of stalking which is often considered romantic in Indian films. Check it out!
@dhanyarajendran the truth is a lot of stalking in real life is inspired by what we show in our films. Too many examples of justification.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 17, 2016
@dhanyarajendran when a woman says no,it means no. Not yes.Not maybe. No. No matter what a man says or does. Period. Sadly we see otherwise.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 17, 2016
@dhanyarajendran we are all responsible for this. Nobody can shift blame including me. We have to ensure stalking is not encouraged anymore.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 17, 2016
And then he tweeted about it in general and it was amazing.
We’ve been selling a terrible dream in our films for long. That any man can get the woman he wants just by wanting her enough. Must change!
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 17, 2016
When a woman stalks a man in our films she’s a vamp. When a man does it he is a hero. It’s a complicated discussion. But it needs to be had.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) July 17, 2016
