Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamannaah Bhatia recently appeared on a podcast and broke her silence on a number of controversies and speculations surrounding her. Among them, the actress addressed the controversial Baahubali scene that she was a part of. Many people were of the opinion that the scene was highly inappropriate. Back when the film was released, an article had even gone viral titled 'The Rape Of Avantika'. She also spoke about the link-up rumours with cricketer Virat Kohli, and more.
The scene in question is when Prabhas' character Shivudu strips Tamannaah, applying natural makeup on her to reinvoke her femininity, which was all this while wrapped under layers of clothing and a tough exterior. During a chat with Lallantop, she shared, "If someone thinks sex is a bad thing and your body is a bad thing, that's what they'll see. Because that's their perspective. A filmmaker wants to show you something very beautiful, but you see something else. That's their thinking. I don't think I take the burden of that, and, as creative people, I don't think it was the rape of Avantika. It was Avantika finding herself through a young man who was wooing her."
The 35-year-old added, "If you had to show it visually, then there was an entire sequence about some bangles being worn, bindi appearing on her forehead - when she sees herself, sees her own face - she sees 'oh, I always thought I had to be my warrior.' She had made herself so strong that her essence, her innocence, had gotten lost somewhere. And this is Shiva's character who helps her reconnect with herself. This was the vision."
Tamannaah also noted how sexual relationships and intimacy are often looked down on in Indian society, saying, "In our country, people look down upon the idea of the process by which you and I are here today. If our parents didn't come together, I don't think you'd be here. Neither would I nor would anybody else be. And we look down upon it so much, we are so repressed."
"The thing that is so pure, we look at it from the dirtiest perspective. That perspective makes us all feel that we have to be ashamed of that aspect of our lives - to hide and not discuss or we can't be open about that conversation," the Sikandar Ka Muqaddar actor added.
During the same chat, he addressed the buzz around her dating Virat Kohli. Denying the claims and said, "I feel so bad because I literally met him for only one day. I have never met Virat after the shoot. Na maine unse baat ki na unse mili hun (I haven't spoken to him, nor have I met him)."
She also joked about rumours that claimed she was married to Abdul Razzaq saying, "Mazaak Mazaak mein Abdul Razzaq! The Internet is a fun place. Yaa, According to the Internet, I was briefly married to Abdul Razzaq" For the unversed, the rumours started after the two were seen at a jewellery store, which led many to speculate they were a couple.
