Anand Gandhi says Kantara celebrates ‘toxic masculinity, parochialism’: ‘Kantara nothing like Tumbbad’

Anand Gandhi wrote, “Kantara is nothing like Tumbbad. My idea behind Tumbbad was to use the horror as an allegory of toxic masculinity and parochialism. Kantara is a celebration of these (sic).”

Kantara is nothing like Tumbbad. My idea behind Tumbbad was to use the horror as an allegory of toxic masculinity and parochialism.
Kantara is a celebration of these.

— Anand Gandhi (@Memewala) December 3, 2022

There were some hate comments on Gandhi’s tweet and when one of the users wrote that the filmmaker was brought up on “disconnect and self loathing,” he wrote, “No, fellow human. Raised by these wonderful women in profound love and self assurance. Raised on the non-violence of Jaina thought, intellectual rigour of Vedic and Vedantic wisdom, compassionate synthesis of the Buddha, critical thinking of Kabir… What happened to you, human?”

No, fellow human. Raised by these wonderful women in profound love and self assurance. Raised on the non-violence of Jaina thought, intellectual rigour of Vedic and Vedantic wisdom, compassionate synthesis of the Buddha, critical thinking of Kabir… What happened to you, human? pic.twitter.com/tjtTyTFbcR

— Anand Gandhi (@Memewala) December 3, 2022

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Rishab Shetty’s Kantara had a modest release in the country but soon became a pan-Indian hit. The film was produced by Hombale Films and has so far earned Rs 400 crore at the box office. The film recently started streaming on Prime Video.