'Kabir Singh' is the biggest Bollywood movie this year. This Telugu film remake made a bang at the Box-Office with a collection of 372.30 crore. The movie was applauded by the fans, however, the road to success wasn't easy. The director Sandeep Vanga got a lot of flak for 'Kabir Singh' as it was said to encourage the image of toxic masculinity.

In a recent interview with 'Bollywood Hungama', the 'Main Hoon Na' director Farah has candidly spoken about her feelings on the film, saying " `Every person with a phone is a critic. On social media, random people are giving their critical analysis but it's talking nothing about the film per se. There must be just one or two critics who evaluate a film like how was it shot, how was the direction, screenplay kaisa tha, etc. I just feel that if your content is good and if people want to watch it, it will work. But it is harmful in some ways. Like I was talking to Shahid Kapoor. His film Kabir Singh has done so well. But because it got criticized so badly, I just feel that if he is going to win some award for it, then the organizers might have second thoughts looking at the barrage of criticism that the film got.`

Expanding on her statement, she has said that Farah said, `But it matters to the person who made the movie. When you get a harsh review and when people are not willing to see the business of the film, forget its merit, the one who made it can get affected.`

Shahid Kapoor received praise for his portrayal of a brilliant, but self-destructive surgeon. However, it was the striking element of the misogyny that attracted greater attention. Directed by Sandeep Vanga, 'Kabir Singh' is a remake of a Telugu movie Arjun Reddy (2017), where a short-tempered house surgeon gets used to drugs and drinks when his girlfriend is forced to marry another person.