In 2025, Rahul Ravindran made a Rashmika Mandanna and Deekshit Shetty-starrer, The Girlfriend, that also appears to rub trolls the unsuitable manner. After the current Ketan Agarwal-Siya Goyal case, he acquired a recent wave of trolling for not making movies on the atrocities males face. When his spouse, singer Chinmayi Sripaada, defended him, she discovered herself within the centre of the storm too. Rahul needed to defend himself and Chinmayi when all of it reached momentum. (Additionally Learn: ‘Not okay with it’: Sunitha hits again at Chinmayi Sripaada after being known as out for saying ‘his eyes, his want’)
What did Rahul Ravindran say?
An X (previously Twitter) consumer posted a nonetheless from The Girlfriend and an AI-generated image of Siya pushing Ketan off a cliff as her alleged boyfriend Chetan Chaudhary stood behind her. They wrote, “They present this, to cover this,” including, “Bro @23_rahulr please do one film on atrocities of girls on males.”
In response, a portion of what Rahul wrote reads: “However I don’t see atrocities of ‘ladies’ on ‘males’ in any respect. I see some horrible incidents of sociopathic human beings who occur to be ladies, committing horrible crimes. Then again… I see a independent system that has lasted centuries that suffocates ladies… that by means of invisible, on a regular basis micro aggressions, forces them to shrink their identities. That doesn’t provide them an equal world. That is from my perspective.”
He additionally wrote about how he has seen ladies round him undergo silently, so it’s what he selected to convey in The Girlfriend. “I felt liable for it as a person… as a result of I profit from the ability equation,” he wrote. Rahul additionally talked about that he hasn’t learn the small print of the case, and if there’s a narrative to inform, he’ll accomplish that. “However it will be about one explicit girl committing against the law. Not crimes of girls on males. There’s a distinction, the best way I see it,” he added.
Rahul additionally identified that Deekshit’s character within the movie isn’t a assassin or a rapist, neither is there bodily abuse, and he’s devoted. And but, folks get triggered by him. “Ask your self why that’s,” he wrote.
Chinmayi Sripaada asks ladies to discover a husband like Rahul Ravindran
Chinmayi additionally re-posted his tweet, writing, “There’s a purpose I’m telling ladies right here particularly the youthful ladies to discover a man like Rahul or not marry in any respect. Please dont waste your life, time and vitality. There are just a few males like him, discover them, the remaining are usually not value your time, vitality and reproductive rights.”
She additionally added, “Couldnt care much less if I get abused. I’m fortunately married I want the happiness and such a person for different ladies. After all I suppose now the incels will begin haemorrhaging on my replies.” A lot as she predicted, their statements led to backlash and accusations that the couple was ‘biased’.
Rahul Ravindran defends himself, Chinmayi
“That is the issue,” wrote Rahul on X, responding to the trolling. He additionally identified that he was not a information outlet and couldn’t react to every thing that occurs, and that he had solely responded as a result of the X consumer had accused him of creating The Girlfriend with blind bias.
“It doesn’t fit your narrative of Chinmayi, so that you gained’t share it or react to it, however she calls out sexual assault circumstances throughout religions… particularly males of faith. All religions. However you’ll ignore it and hold saying she has a bias. She goes very onerous on dad and mom who bodily abuse their youngsters. Each ladies and men. However you’ll ignore these as a result of it doesn’t fit your narrative of her,” wrote Rahul, defending his spouse.
“Your level appears to be to discredit her fairly than the difficulty at hand itself. Why would you consider her when speaking about a difficulty that has nothing to do together with her?” he added. He additionally launched a brand new assertion, telling the trolls they’ve ‘modified’ his thoughts. Rahul wrote with sarcasm that he now agrees ‘ladies are harmful, males beware.’ “Patriarchy doesn’t exist anymore. In all probability by no means did. It’s a fallacy,” he added.
He additionally agreed that two controversial murders of males by ladies each single 12 months ‘can’t be ignored’. “I’ll make a film that exposes them and the toxic mindset of Indian ladies at giant. This works guys? Why have discussions when it’s time for us to behave. Let’s go,” he ended his observe.
