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The Hindi romantic film Param Sundari<\/em>, featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor, has ignited significant backlash from Malayali content creators. Many have raised concerns about how the film portrays Kerala\u2019s culture, claiming the filmmakers have silenced dissent by removing critical posts on social media.<\/p>\n Singer and radio host Pavithra Menon was among the first to voice her disapproval. She pointed out the stereotypical representation of Malayali women, particularly the frequent use of jasmine flowers in hairstyles and the inclusion of Mohiniyattam dance sequences as part of daily life. In a video that was later taken down, she questioned, \u201cWomen in Kerala do not walk around wearing jasmine flowers and dancing Mohiniyattam.\u201d The removal of her video occurred after Maddock Films submitted a copyright claim.<\/p>\n Menon published a screenshot of the takedown notice, sarcastically stating, “Happy Independence Day to everyone who has a voice.\u201d Undeterred, she reposted her video expressing frustration that a Hindi actor was chosen to play a Malayali character. She asked rhetorically, \u201cWhy not cast a Malayali actor? Are we any less talented?\u201d She suggested a simpler approach in pronunciation, saying, \u201cJust use Trivandrum instead of Thiruvananthapuram\u2014we would be okay with that.\u201d<\/p>\n Another creator, Vedangi, echoed this sentiment and accused the film\u2019s team of suppressing Malayali voices. She stated in a new video, \u201cThe team behind this movie is ignoring the concerns of Malayali creators. They\u2019re taking advantage of our culture without proper research, and the representation is quite disrespectful.\u201d She asserted their right to critique the film under copyright law, emphasizing that many creators have received copyright notices, which she described as an attempt to silence them.<\/p>\n This criticism adds to the existing controversy surrounding Param Sundari<\/em>, which also faced backlash from the Christian community over a romantic scene filmed in a church, leading to calls for the scene’s removal.<\/p>\n As discussions continue, it remains to be seen how the filmmakers will respond to the ongoing criticism from various groups.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hindi romantic film Param Sundari, featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor, has ignited significant backlash from Malayali content creators. Many have raised concerns about how the film portrays Kerala\u2019s culture, claiming the filmmakers have silenced dissent by removing critical posts on social media. Singer and radio host Pavithra Menon was among the first to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10056,623,517,7375,19977,514,6174,19978,19979,19980],"class_list":{"0":"post-16388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bollywood","8":"tag-accused","9":"tag-bollywood","10":"tag-bollywood-news","11":"tag-makers","12":"tag-malayali-creators","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-param-sundari","15":"tag-silencing-dissent","16":"tag-slam","17":"tag-stereotypes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}