Kabir Singh was the second most successful film of 2019 and the most polarised film of 2019 too. The film was a blockbuster success and most of the people revelled in the volatile romance of the eponymous character Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani, who played Preeti. It capitulated the actress to new skies of success and stardom and suddenly was rechristened as her character-s name.

It has been almost a year since her film released and now, she has opened up on the critical view of a section of the audience that questioned the problematic portrayal of the protagonists and how it was replete with toxic masculinity and misogyny. Speaking to Anupama Chopra of Film Companion, Advani said, "So much was made out of it, and so much backlash happened, it was so exhausting. The director had his perspective, we had ours, and the audience theirs and that was divided, but I feel you can-t disrespect the intelligence of the audience."