Janhvi Kapoor on Auschwitz controversy in Bawaal: It depends on people’s views, but the intention has been pure

Ever since Bawaal movie starring Janhvi Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor was released, people only have praises for the movie. But there are certain fans who are hurt by one scene in the Auschwitz concentration camps. Not only the depiction but also the dialogue seemed insensitive to many. Now, speaking about the Auschwitz controversy, Janhvi Kapoor finally reacted to it by saying that they never had the intention to hurt anyone. Moreover, she also mentioned that it is all about people’s views and their perceptions.

Janhvi Kapoor on Auschwitz controversy in Bawaal

Speaking about the same in an interview with Pinkvilla, the Mili actor said, “I know someone, he’s a professor at an Ivy League university, and he’s an Israeli who had ancestors that unfortunately did not survive the Holocaust. He saw the film and was very moved by it. He understood everything that we set out to do with the film. And never once in the conversation did he even allude to being offended by anything. So, I think it depends on people’s views. But the intention has always been pure. And always to acknowledge the turmoil the devastation and the monstrosity of what happened then.”

She also stated how people are actually praising Bawaal. Kapoor said, “It’s important to understand the intention, always. And if you misunderstand the intention, that’s what I would call tone-deaf.”

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In the same interview, the Bhediya actor said, “We’re showing that Ajju bhaiya is a tone-deaf character, it’s not like we’re showing him like a hero, we’re showing him as negative, that’s why all the praise is coming…” He then took an indirect dig at Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. He said, “I respect everyone’s opinion, everyone has a right to have an opinion. Some people got triggered, they got sensitive about this. But I don’t understand where that sensitivity goes when they watch, suppose, an English film.”

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Bawaal got 3.5 stars from Bollywood Bubble.

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