Director Karthik Subbaraj has slammed a reporter who called his film 'Jigarthanda DoubleX' actress 'not beautiful'. The film stars SJ Suryah, Raghava Lawrence, and Nimisha Sajayan in the lead roles. The film was released earlier this month and it received positive responses from critics and audiences alike. There was a success meet for the film in Chennai where the incident happened.
At the event, a reporter asked Karthik why he cast Nimisha in the film given that she is ‘not beautiful’.
The question angered Karthik and he gave a befitting reply. He said, “How can you say that she is not beautiful? It is your mindset, I guess. It is wrong to say someone is not beautiful. That is a wrong judgement.”
Everyone present at the event clapped and cheered including actors Suryah and Raghava.
Composer Santhosh Narayanan later took to the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) and wrote about the incident. “I was there. It was not just about the ridiculous ‘beauty’ question for the reporter. There was a conscious effort from the guy to ask something controversial and he was so proud after asking this. Nothing has changed since the appalling ‘Jigarthanda’ – ‘Figuredhanda’ question 9 years ago,” he wrote.
'Jigarthanda DoubleX' is a prequel to Karthik’s blockbuster 'Jigarthanda' that was released in 2014. Nimisha played the role of a tribal woman named Malayarasi–the wife of gangster Alliyan Caesar (played by Raghava Lawrence). It hit the theatres on November 10 and has made Rs 33 crore net in India.
