Calm down, male feminist critic. In this big 2026, this is exactly how actresses post pictures on Instagram, including your favourite Mrs. movie actress Sanya Malhotra.
If you really want to talk about sexualization, then talk about that, because it is available for free with easier access than any movie scene. But no, the only reason you people cry about movies is to blame men for everything, mainly to target Ram Charan.
Peddi movie addressed a lot of important rural and social issues, yet you are more obsessed with one sequence than even women themselves.
And about that lack-of-consent kiss scene, it was obviously meant to show his uneducated pervert side. The movie is literally set in the 1990s, wannabe movie critic. Even in big 2026, plenty of anime, Hollywood movies, and Korean dramas still show these kinds of kiss scenes. Everything is not automatically about promotion or validation.
And actresses are paid for that. If they genuinely have a problem with navel shots or such scenes, they can simply refuse the movie.
Even Hollywood movies like Thor: Love and Thunder gave full-body shots of Chris Hemsworth just to please women's eyes. But nobody cries about that.
The romantic dynamic between Janhvi Kapoor and Ram Charan in
#Peddi is one of the most disgusting and dated portrayals I have seen.
Shameless shots of her naval and chest. No care for consent. Moral stance of a saviour while constantly ogling and letching at her!