Ranbir Kapoor - Boy-Next-Door or More like a Playboy who Pretends to be the Boy-Next-Door?

The quintessential boy-next-door, Ranbir Kapoor, found himself in hot water last week when a snippet of him body shaming Alia Bhatt during the Brahmastra live stream went viral. ‘How can Ranbir body shame his wife who is carrying his child?’ asked a Twitter user. Some fans of Ranbir were quick to jump to his defense. In every romantic relationship, there is room for banter and healthy humor — but for some reason, not just Alia but even Ayan looked uncomfortable with that comment. Alia, for one, was taken aback. So were the viewers who hadn’t seen Ranbir make a public appearance since his 2018 film Sanju released and weren’t expecting him to comment on a woman’s weight, much less a pregnant woman carrying his child. The body-shaming comment was just the tip of the iceberg. A Twitter user on Sunday shared a series of old interviews by Ranbir Kapoor, in which he is being downright disrespectful to his female co-stars Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, and Ileana D’Cruz.

Given the mountain of video evidence and lengthy Twitter threads which clearly show Ranbir as a brash, arrogant, and misogynistic actor who disrespects his female co-stars, it is not surprising that he is getting canceled. What is surprising, though, is that it took this long for him to face the music. Ranbir now seems less like the boy-next-door (or as KJo calls it ‘Biba Puttar’), but more like a playboy who pretends to be the boy-next-door before the world but behind closed doors is a chauvinistic prick. Cracks begin to appear when one pretends too much; that is precisely what happened to Bollywood’s Biba Puttar.

One could feel a sense of urgency to ask - would it be a good idea for us to consider actors liable for remarks made years ago? Is there no space for change or growth? While actors (humans in general) do evolve and deserve credit for the same, Ranbir's new remark on Alia shows that he hasn't evolved much since 2010. Is there any valid reason why his past shouldn't be held against him then? There is, nonetheless, a squeezing matter that we should address…

Several media outlets jumped and claimed that Twitter had ‘cancelled’ Ranbir.

Ranbir was apologizing for his Sexiest comment on his pregnant wife Alia Bhatt during promotions of his Upcoming movie today in Chennai, but will that be enough?

Recently, Shamshera started streaming on Amazon Prime Video, so, the audience who didn’t watch the film in theatres, opted to watch it on OTT. However, the movie is being trolled for a big goof-up that the makers did in it.