Haq Director Suparn S Verma Calls 'Violence Against Women' In Films 'Problematic' - Exclusive

During an exclusive interview, Indian filmmaker Suparn S. Verma shared his candid views on violence in cinema, drawing attention to aggression against women, which he described as “problematic.” He went

on to speak about the importance of boundaries and the lines that should be considered, while also agreeing that all kinds of films should be allowed. For the unversed, the director had earlier addressed the backlash faced by Dhurandhar over its extreme violence, pointing out that audiences often consume similar bloodshed in Korean and Japanese films without the same criticism.

Suparn S Verma talks about violence in films

While exclusively talking to Zoom, Suparn S Verma explained, "When I am talking about violence, I love violence, and I am talking about whether its a Korean film, Japanese film, the blood shed, we are having violence here as well. But the kind of violence Neeraj (Ghaywan) spoke about, violence towards women, which is extremely problematic, my worry is slightly different. Its that you give rise to a certain voice which is more in cell in nature when you curb it. As long as there is a outlet and everybody is bleeding, it comes out in a way . Everybody is allowed to talk, you think that is art. Yes, there is a responsibility for us as artist but do I think art inspires society or is society inspired by art? If we start drawing lines there and stop making certain things from happening. As a liberal, you want everybody to talk but at the same time you want to be responsible."This prompted fellow filmmaker Reema Kagti to pitch in, saying, “All kinds of films should be allowed,” a statement the entire panel agreed with. Take a look at the entire interview here:

https://youtu.be/Al8zwxBOAkw?si=lQGYRYbBkDT2WTya

Suparn S Verma backs violence in Dhurandhar

Last month, on November 19, the director gave his words towards the violence shown in the recently released Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna film, Dhurandhar. On his social media handle, he bluntly wrote about being "amazed by some of the chatter about the violence in Dhurandhar the same viewers would have called it cinematic brilliance if this was in any other language or a Korean or Japanese film.”Stay tuned for more updates!