Actor turned politician Khusbhu staunchly defended stalking in films stating that leading men in movies pursue women of their interest in "nice and positive ways". The argument that movies play an important role in promoting a stalking culture in the society has time and again been brought up and addressed by celebs.
"I accept that films show men chasing and stalking women, but when a girl disapproves the advances of the leading man, does he stab her to death? Does he throw acid on her or does he cause physical harm to her in any other way? No. when the girls says no to the hero, he uses only positive and right ways to convince her to accept his love. But he never forces her into anything," she said. The south film industry has a long history of glorifying stalking. Pursuing their love interests despite resistance is one of the popular traits of leading men in Tamil movies.
Khusbhu, however, believes otherwise. "I think we have to blame someone for our failures. As a society we are failing, no question about that. But instead of seeing where we fail, we blame films. The easiest thing to do is blame it on cinema." Earlier, actor Siddharth had slammed onscreen stalking. "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 heard. 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!" he had tweeted.
