Why Telugu Movies Are LIKE THIS? 

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"If there's a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe. And, the film is a super hit, that's dangerous" - Javed Akhtar

Never in love? My father never ever slapped my mom and here they are celebrating 26 years of marriage HAPPILY.

Honestly it’s so uncomfortable watching old men actors romancing actresses literally their daughters age

As a telugu guy, I'm glad someone had spine to talk about these things.

"liberty of slapping each other" 🤡🤡

Inspired by movies (in general), I had a real stalker following my cab from home to college daily and when I went somewhere outside home, It was irritating and I had to stop going out for some years freely because I thought I was ashamed for no reason and what if my family found out. He was around 35+ whereas I was 19 years old. After a few years, I finally told my family and filed a police complaint when I was studying for my final sem exams, he had come to repair some wires next to my house. Definitely, this incident brought me a lot of fear. This is not only for me, there is always one such incident happened to every girl in India.

i’m from KERALA and i could proudly say that even the same sort of sexism existed in malayalam film industry too , current generation film directors breaking all the stereotypes and making wonderful movies with no such regressive concepts. BTW well researched and explained.KUDOS to the whole team .

this is why sai pallavi hasn't returned to tollywood yet. as we already know her script selection is very selective and thoughtful. if tollywood only produces regressive movies then they will lose out on talented actors and become an ageing industry

As a Telugu girl I was relieved that that someone was talking about the loop hole in our industries and educating people.

As a telugu girl i always had a problem with such movies and people next to me would bash me for watching other languages. Every single thing mentioned in this are absolutely true and disheartening that people don't realise the effect these movies have on them. Shekhar kammula is the best director in tfi who portrays well being and Anand is my fav movie

Being a Bengali I always love the entertainment part of Telegu movies but I have always wondered why women are portrayed in such a derogatory way. Even the A-listed actors who are fathers of young girls portray such characters. This is not just a problem with Telegu movies, its a problem in entire South Commercial Masala flicks.

Every movie industry, every religion, every political party should be criticized. Good work mohak 👍

There is not a single dark complexioned female actress in movies🥲 But soo many dark actors.

As a 37 year old Telugu woman you have my gratitude for pointing it out. I have stopped watching Telugu movies long back as I started realising there is something off with them. After I was a little mature then I have understood that Telugu film industry has been totally dominated by oldies who can only see women sexually and as someone who has to be tamed as horse using violence. They have influenced a lot of youngsters with their barbaric ways of treating women. Especially those with no proper education still find those ruthless jokes funny and are actually in delusion that behaving like thugs can make a girl impressed.

Finally someone acknowledged this. I remember mentioning the same problem to my sister once, she answered by telling me that I am intolerant and if one watches a movie they should take a joke. And she, out of all the people, is one of the biggest women supporter I know. I was shocked at the effect these movies were creating. Recently there was this movie, Pathan, I don't think much of the movie and storyline but one thing that I dearly respect is the way women are portrayed in that movie. There was this scene where Deepika Padukone hits one guy square in the jaw and Shahrukh Khan says"women" using the word in the same tone as it had been used for in so many memes, but in a total opposite prospect. I love how this guy find all those little things that we all neglect but are deeply disrupting our society.

As a Telugu person, I feel that a good percentage of worthwhile and good quality movies don't come from the celebrated stars and directors, but the new gen upcoming directors. Unfortunately, most people are introduced to the star driven movies with similar crap, rather than the meaningful ones, solely because of popularity.

As a Telugu person I feel relieved that at least someone is calling out the problematic side of tfi. I love our Telugu movies but the main heroes(nepotist) and producers/directors always make the most problematic cringe stuff. But as they have this deep caste based celeb following and fandoms, they are not even called out. However the new wave of Telugu heroes especially Nani and Rana give me some hope these days.

I came here after the release of Animal 🙂

My father was and is an avid watcher of Telugu movies, and all these behaviours are ingrained in him into his daily life, he treats his wife exactly like in the movies. I’ve always had a problem with Telugu movies, glad to see one person calling it out, teenagers watch this and believe this is how to treat women.

I am a Telugu and ever since I reached College, I developed a dislike towards the popular commercial blockbuster movies. I used to cringe hard during those scenes where heroes pressurize heroines to fall in love with them and as well as the sexist jokes. When you mentioned Godavari and Anand movies in your video, I actually got impressed by the research you and your team put into making this video as they are just pure classics. Kudos to you Mohak🙌🙌

My wife & I went to watch the Hindi version of “Arjun Reddy”, “Kabir Singh”. I found it so disrespectful to women that I told my wife this movie was way beyond my capacity of digesting content and that I wanted to leave, but if she wanted to I could stay. Before you jump into conclusions I would like you to know some history my wife had made me walk out of "Bullet Raja way back in 2013 although I liked it, we also had an experience during our initial days of marriage, my wife somehow wished to be intellectual crowd of city so we went around watching a few PLAYS (DRAMAS) and one of them was like a 1 hr monologue filled with screaming and both of us sat through it thinking if we interrupt, we would get judged and only when we walked out after sitting through 1 hr of torture we realized that both of us hated it but sat through because maybe the other person liked it so that day we decided if we dislike something we will be cadid about it and say it upfront). So inspite of my offer to stay back if she wanted we left after interval. But my wife was so upset with me, cause she thought I was so “intolerant”. She vowed she would not watch any other movie with me after that. I could not understand how she was ok to watch the normalisation of domestic violence on women. It took time but she eventually understood my perspective

2:44 even before the facepalm came I facepalmed and it synched up 😂

Most of the the commercial telugu movies are a huge cringe, stalking, harassment and objectification is glorified and this has been normalised to the extent that our mothers and aunts don't feel that there is anything wrong.

Irony is that there's "boycott bollywood" and appreciate south industry trend

2:35 wtf dude ,,,, I'm going to mars

This is not only in Telugu movies, it's there in all film industries!

11:52 bro none of us want these king of lyrics... Its an item song for commercial movies...

As a native Telugu, I would say we have equal share of movies that are as such but sadly the movies that are blockbusters not only in Telugu states but also viewed in other dubbed versions are these kind , this actually shows the basic indian mindset and their levels of acceptance...

i totally agree with mohak. i am seeing telugu movies from last 6 years and i noticed that objectifying womens is very common in south movies This should be stopped because it leads our young generation to a toxic mindset . Our young generation is busy in boycotting Bollywood for its progressive attitude while supporting telugu film for bharatiya sanaskriti

Not only am I glad you're pointing these out, but I'm glad that fellow telugites find it problematic too 😭 I LOVE Telugu movies and I'm a telugite girl, but all these things make it SO HARD for me to enjoy them.

I am a Telugu, and I find it difficult to watch the majority of these so called 'mass, masala entertainers', that lack a proper storyline, made only for big heroes, and have all the problems that you have rightly pointed out. Brave of you to point out this chronic problem in our movies. Older movies (before 90s) were much better, with some exceptions. Bollywood has largely grown out of this bad portrayal of female characters and of taking women for granted. Now that Tollywood is reaching pan-Indian audience, hopefully the industry will learn from such necessary criticisms and change.

I am from Andhra and i think Shekar kammula is the only director who potrays women respectfully. I really hope people to watch Anand , Godavari and Fidaa

As a telugu language speaker, I'm glad you brought up this topic. Whenever I try to take down telugu cinema.. my friends and brothers who call themselves "die-hard fans" of so so actors criticise me back instead. Nevertheless, there are few actually good telugu movies I'd suggest one to watch.. like.. Jersey, Pelli choopulu, Yevade Subramanyam.. also anand and godavari

Thank you immensely for covering this topic. You are a gentleman, a scholar, and a social change agent. The problem is with the culture of the people in India as a whole. Tribalism and ruralism in the people's DNA will take many generations of urbanized living to bring evolution in behavior. The blame lies first with Bollywood, the other recent woods have taken it to another extreme. It is embarrassing to watch Indian commercial movies as an educated person. How much longer are these idiots going to be dancing in the hundreds - the choreography is despicable. Changing the name to Bharat will not change the tribal and rural mentality of the leaders in the country and the directors of these movies. There is so much money in the industry, but so little acting talent. The directors are uneducated and stupid - recent cases of alluding to the Holocaust in an Indian movie/ The whole movie industry in India is a disgrace. Hero worshipping is a tribal mentality. Beating up women is in the DNA, it is well taught in schools by way of Mahabharta - the stripping of Draupathi legitimizes violence against women. So long as this part of the story remains in the only mythology that influences the Indian psyche, Hindu men will never treat Hindu women with respect and as equal. But I like what you do, keep it up.

Its great to see someone highlighting something good about bollywood and not just criticizing them for anything and everything. Films like raazi, gangubai,pink ,thappad portray women power unlike films like pushpa and kgf who literally treat women as just mere eye candies.

As a telugu girl who have been following you from very beginning.....Thank you so much....these are things which I wanted to scream but cant afraid of the toxic fan base these macho heroes have....hoping better days would come...

Yes, stalking and abusing just normalised in Telugu industry

As per me ...malayalam industy makes classy , sensible and extreamly character driven movies now 👍👍 no super heroic stunts ...just amazing scripts and actors eg : Jana Gana Mana, great indian kitchen, Manjummel Boys , bangalore days , abraham ozler ( amazing crime investigation), drishyam ( original ), neru , memories , virus and so many !!..

One of my friend who is telegu made me watch godavari ..its such a refreshing movie....a perfect and healthy love story...there should be more movies like godavari and arundhati to promote positive relationships and how a woman can solve her own problems and it's not necessary to have a prince in shining armor to save herself...😊

I am glad that someone pointed out the misogyny in Telugu movies. These days people are too busy bashing bollywood unnecessarily and most of the criticism is blown out of proportion but it's important to call out anything that is wrong. Be it any industry.

You do not have to be afraid of saying malayalam movies are much better than Telugu movies. Also, you mentioned Arundhathi. Even in that movie there was more objectifying of the actress. The main problem is the quality of the audience. Unless their mindset changes Telugu cinema, how much money they make will always be regressive and creepy. But the actors- no, i refuse to call them actors, these are just stars. They can't act. Also, they do not have the spine to do different movies and stop chasing girls half their age. As the late great Satyajit Ray said "We have an unsophisticatd, backward audience"

Exactly I watched Pushpa movie in the cinemas with my family and I felt so uncomfortable to sit and watch with my family...the movie was about smuggling so they could have shown it in some other way also but the directors decided to sexualize the movie😢😔

Not completely related to above but when people ask why you like korean dramas.. what's so good about it? This.. this RIGHT HERE. they depict female character so beautifully, that they deserve a kind love, a respectful partner and an important role in their life. Also you might have seen they're shown as independent working class women, whose opinions and decisions matter. Movies affect people and people affect movies. One needs to break the cycle and I'm sure, we'd see a positive change in people's mindset too.

Out of the box content . I am happy that somebody discussed this so clear cut . Just blaming Bollywood for petty political gains has become the new hobby for many . So many south regional movies portray women in such filthy ways . Gone are the days of BALACHANDER and MANIRATHNAM in south where women played the strong characters .

To Bollywood: Why don’t people ever talk about these ? Lipstick under my burka Bombay Begums Pyaar ka punchnuma Four more shots Normalising when a woman cheats ? Just asking !

Yes i also noticed it in Telugu movies and in real life boys also think same because of this movie

This brings back so many Cloakroom Nightmares. I was in my first year of MBBS, and Arjun Reddy was the first ever movie that showed a Medico, so all my friends were very excited to watch it. Only after watching it did I realise how troubling it was and it had nothing to do with a doctor's life. It was a TOXIC movie. I even shouted in the theatre for the first time in my life, "CONSENT". But, for my friends it was a very entertaining and cool movie. I could not speak out about it in front of them. I only vowed to never go to another movie that my friends would recommend. This is the sad reality of it. The audience is like that. Many big Telugu directors are actually famous, more for their objectification of female actors than for good movies. Thank you for making a video about this.

i think Malayalam and Bengali films are the most progressive and also most underrated ones in India

if Arjun reddy is so abusive then why is Kabir singh a super hit in Bollywood? do Bollywood really respect women?I don't think so. it not just about a couple of movies, for me whole Bollywood shows abusive scenes, yes I agree there are few Tollywood films which shows abusive scenes but that doesn't mean total Tollywood is so bad, And if I start speaking about Salman khan and his movies I can make a series like how you made this video so next time carefully be careful while making a video like this.

Ppl are making movies bcoz ppl encourage such movies. See the hype Arjun reddy got. It was remade in hindi. And even after the interview of vanga went viral...where he defended the toxicity in his movie in the name of love and intimacy...ppl made animal a bigg hit!!. Men in india are nothing less than the toxic heros in these movies. . Im a telugu girl. I have seen enough movies in telugu. There are excellent, exceptional movies.. usually from 1980s and 90s. Im 25 and i never watched Arjun reddy. If ppl hate and look down upon such toxic movies, directors themselves will change stories.

Sad part is no one is talking anything about these mysogynistic atmosphere in these movies. I think this isn't the probelm only in telegu or south indian movies...as the movies get enormous appreciation through the country... it's definitely portraying the whole image of how the country thinks. This is the reason i personally never liked blockbuster movies. An appreciable voice out by soch❤️

Another issue which is so relevant to discuss is the casteism and nepotism of tollywood, most of the telugu audience are cast minded and they are just supporting their actors on the basis of cast. This issue is also getting backlashed.

Movies only show what society is. I don't think a wife of labourer is treated and respected as a man. Neither they have freedom like urban women. Don't expect from movies when the reality of society itself is misogynistic

I love the way how you did some background work about some movies and its really a great step to potray these kind of movies cause nobody in telugu industry ever did this. its actually been an year but still all the scenes in the movies are the same hopefully someday people will realize somethings about women is not only about cringe stuff...

Hats off to you that you picked up this topic.....I am Telugu girl and I hate such movies which you mentioned..I try to avoid watching them ..... Arundhati, Godavari, Anand are diamonds and I love those movies....Telugu film industry doesn't wanna change ....but there some Directors and actors who accept change and they succeed...but they don't get world wide success ( as so many telugus staying abroad also watch Telugu movies and they provide great income)

I'm Turkish. I rarely watch Indian movies but I recently watched Bahubali and the problems you talked about (sexualization of women, screen time, stalking, making women "fall in love" with you by force, etc) were absurdly obvious. So much so that I remember saying WTF out loud even though I was watching it by myself. (I'm talking about the first movie. The second one was way better since it was more focused action instead of chasing the poor woman)

It's not Telugu movie industry or Tamil or Malayalam movie industry problem it's for all Indian movie industries If you specify only one language then it's more of a unlawful criticism . The same people who said Arjun Reddy is wrong made the same movie in Hindi called Kabir singh and got a blockbuster The same director did animal movie with a box office bumper hit . There are a lot of movies in Hindi too from its origin which objectified and acted violently in their movies as they gave a culture of alpha male stuff and actors are good with that. The direction department is good with that and also the production and audiance and censor board is good with that what are you complaining about. If your into non violence then stop watching movies that has them and boycott them but people don't and do videos and stuff to commercialise them for their views and subscriptions and some support them as if they are pure of heart.

I'm a Telugu. Thank you very much for sharing this. Another thing I want to point out, which I've observed in Indian movies, predominantly in Telugu movies is that people are made fun of because of their skin color, and most heroes and heroines wear extra make up to look fair - this is gradually reducing nowadays, but there's still a long way to go to accept every skin color as equal.

I believe that as a Telugu person, movies can create a powerful impact on people.I believe our filmmakers, except a few people, can change this sexism in our Telugu movies. And also a movie to be added to the list of female leading or equal importance is "PelliChoopulu" in which Vijay Devarakonda is one of the actors. Until the toxic fans get vanished, our Telugu industry will not be successful in the upcoming years.

What you spoke is absolutely not wrong.... Even I was disturbed with such type of scenes. I am glad that you brought this up and I wish some telugu RU-vidr should make this video in native language so that attitude of audience will change. However since now a days tollywood industry is becoming famous such critique video has come up, I think this type of films or attitude is very common in bollywood as well.

So true... As a telugu person I have come to dislike so many things which was seen as normal since 2 decades. I really hope Tollywood develops and gives importance to all roles not only heroes

Great video! As a Telugu guy, this is surely an issue. I am guilty of watching such films because we are desensitised when watching movies. Always felt weird, and unnecessary during such scenes. But its changing from small scale to mid budget movies we are seeing better roles to all actors.

It’s funny how they portray pervert acts as romance in Telugu movies.

Malayalam movies>>>>>>>telugu movies

I am glad that you mentioned names specifically unlike some of them I speak telugu and this is sooo true

india need more content creator like you brother. you guys are really doing a great job. i hope our society will change and going better day by day.

I’m from Andhra and I concur!!.. Very well researched and presented. Though K Raghavendra Rao is old filmmaker and he represents that generation, the new age filmmakers are still practising the same including so called great directors of present gen. Arjun Reddy was made by a next gen director and presenting toxic masculinity and glorifying is the worst part and his “justification” was sick. Hope new age directors wont repeat the same… cinematic liberty should always there.. but our directors can’t think beyond sexist jokes and objectification. A character from rural 80s should behave like that we cannot compare that with modern yardstick, thats not my point. My problem is with modern directors.. take for eg. the heroine intro scene from vinaya vidheya rama. When cinema was an art rather than business they can express what they want, but when cinema became business they have to cater for the wider audience. Demand and supply. But the prob is they cant push the mediocre intellect of audience.

i agree that there is some problem but Dont zoom in everything and add Feminism and woke concepts to it like consent of ur partner according to u partner should ask permissions to do anything like touch,kiss everything are they partners or doing business dont defend these days modern women they are creating a lot of pblms in society like jyothi mourya etc you are potraying women as Innocent but they are not just look at modern relationships youll get to know their true Colours they also know other ppls intentions but they act like Innocent

As a telugu guy,For me tollywood is overated

Much needed video for all Indians, I hope we as viewers understand the gravity of the situation and take the best decisions while subjecting ourselves and our younger audience to content. After all we are the ones with power, to change the course of history. Movies do affect us deeply, a great example is 3 idiots which made a lot of us take engineering and a lot of quit engineering and pursue of passions. Sensitivity in stories that we see makes us think deeply on matters related to moral values and consent, which is something we are lacking poorly as a society.

As a malayali,I'm proud of my industry..might not have huge fanbase but the fans r really mature and modern,same goes to the directors

The thing you said about stalking is right but people of telugu industry still are watching these kind of movies. This is problem of Telugu COMMERCIAL directors, they only care about glamour, logic less fights etc

Excellent video, thank you. I am learning Telugu for my husband and watch a lot of movies to get immersion in the language. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to watch some of his favourite childhood films because they made me soooo uncomfortable in how they portray women. It's definitely not a problem that is only present in Tollywood, but it's a noticeable pattern. Now I tend to warch smaller, independent films or Tamil films that have been dubbed, because the female representation and portrayal is usually better.

2:30 wtf bruh like really😑😑

I agree to every part of the video. Being Telugu....I only remember watching old movies and Shekhar Kamula's movies with interest. Other movies that were male centric could never ever captivate me as a viewer or I used to feel a time waste. Only after I grew up I understood the problem is not with movies, but with the mentality of all of us as a society. Let's hope we start the change of mindset right from us.

Very well said.good point raised. But nobody cares about this, personally I don't watch Animal, Arjun reddy, Kabir singh type movies and asks my contacts to do that but nobody listen. Everybody days this is just a movie, what difference will it make? But sub conscious mind consuming what is showing in movie. Anyway like from my end.

North indians aur ham telugu wale mai bohot fark hai. We don't have sex with anyone and say it's body need, pleasure, casual sex. 80% telugu people have sex with the people they marry, the rest 19% have sex with the people they love, it's an emotional sex not casual sex.

Thanks for making this video, Mohak! As a native Telugu, the mainstream movies have been so cringe-worthy for so many years now that we have stopped watching movies. So much that these are internalized by the society and people no longer see these as problematic. Anyone who raises these issues are bullied & trolled by the fans of these so-called stars.

Shekar kammula is one of the few directors who doesn't include toxic scenes in his movies in order to make more money, i respect him more than any director

I always observed this and I also used to talk about this with my friends... I'm happy that someone is open and talking in public platform like RU-vid..good job bro

Great video! As a Telugu person I completely agree what he said is true… that’s the reason I don’t watch most of the commercial blockbusters just made for heroes or for hero fans or for immature teenagers like Sandeep’s reddy vanga movies

7:16 fruit ninja 🍉

Finally kisi ne to bollywood chhodkar telugu par aawaj uthai!! Thank you brother🎗

Cheap movies idk why they are super hits

You forgot the biggest drawback of Tollywood - massive nepotism and caste dominance by Reddy and Kamma

This man is creating videos which is beyond our thinking area .he notices very small issues of society which effects our society.& such effect is very big on our generation. Good job mohak bhai love from rajasthan❣️❣️

A much needed topic, Mohak bro. I believe banning porn won't help improve women's security in India until the creation of these types of movies stops. It's really sending a very bad message in our society...

Malayalam film industry are best film industry in south 🤩

I'm sorry, but Telugu and blockbuster don't beklong in the same sentence.

I am a Telugu person and I agree with you and thank you for this Vedic, I am one of the persons that has been disturbed by all these factors. I am happy that someone finally made a video on this aspect , thank you

[Not totally related to this video] but a message to fellow Indians on the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend: Being from South India, I really hate this fragmentation thats going on in the Indian Cinema Industry these days. I see a lot of comments where people are fighting over this Bollywood vs SI movies or SI’s fighting amongst their movie Industries. Wtf is wrong with us!? All of these are Indian Cinemas. I love watching movies & gaining perspectives, so for me industry doesn’t matter. I have seen alot of North eastern( Assamese, Nagaland etc), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi movies & trust me guys, the perspectives you gain through various industries is surreal. Every Industry in India have got gems in them which far surpasses some of the famous western movie scripts, directing style, cinematography or narration style. However, idk why people fight tho. Bollywood alone doesn’t have shitty movies. Just like Bollywood, We(South) have got a lot of crap in our movies. Some of our movies are cringey, sexist af but there are gems too. So, for god sake stop this Segregation/Groupism among cinemas. Just like Bollywood, even SI Industry have ‘Nepo kids’ but we are scared to raise voice against them because every star has a loyal fanbase who treats them like God even though some of them make shitty movies.If anybody raises their voice, their loyal followers will come at your doorstep to kick ur a$$. Literally we treat them like GOD! by installing huge posters, garlands, pouring abhishekam etc. Idk wtf is wrong with us tho. They are just artist, it is their duty to give us quality movies(which they hardly do).Anyways, my point is please stop this Comparison between Industries & support quality Movies irrespective of Industry. Peace. PS: Fellow South Indians, please don’t get butt hurt. I’m stating fact about our industries. Just bcuz we are at spotlight these days doesn’t mean all our movies are gold. Cringe exists in our movies too!!!

There should be more people speaking about this. Movies are openly promoting vulgarity, objectifying women and violence towards women. They make it look like it is normal and we should accept it whereas there is nothing normal about it. They cannot fool the adults but the youngsters who don't know better will copy what they see in the movies. The filmmakers know this well and are doing it purposely to destroy the minds of the future generations.

*It is so sad when someone accuse someone for being a victim of rape, I include males in that too of course bcz many females and males rape male and females both), instead of the one actually doing the crime. The person who does not want it is not the culprit, only the perverted creature who did it, so only the pervert is the culprit.*

As a global movie buff who is a Telugite, I thank you so much for raising this 100% genuine & critical problem in Telugu movies. I am ashamed to support most of the (mostly) good movies from Tollywood because of that mandatory 10% casual sexism and objectifying on screen. I see people defending K Raghavendra Rao due to his age factor; remember we also had another gem director in the same era - K Vishwanath. All it takes is a combo of skilled writer and a responsible director - its not space magic to "show women in dignified manner yet make money at the same time."

Maturity is when you realise that only 5% movies are really good. I stopped watching movies since 3 years. And i proud of my decision. I watch any film only if it has really good story and strong character which gives right massage to the viewers.

Aa a girl I am thankful to Mohak bhaiya🙏that he understood this deeply or told everyone about this that giving women this kind of threat and slapping is no joke..

Telugu film Makers were always degrading women … even during curanjeevei times … their clothes and focus on belly button all the time …

I used to think it's only me having the problem with these movie scenes, where my friends enjoyed the Pushpa movie scenes, I found it disturbing when I told my friends about that they be like it's just a movie enjoy it don't think too much!! Great work though keep it up!!!🙌🏽🤘🏽