'Mrs' Actor Nishant Dahiya Shares Receiving Extreme Reactions For His Character: It Touched A Nerve Somewhere
Nishant Dahiya, who played Sanya Malhotra's 'Mrs' co-star, recently spoke about receiving abusive messages from some men who watched his film.
Nishant Dahiya, who played Sanya Malhotra's 'Mrs' co-star, recently spoke about receiving abusive messages from some men who watched his film. Nishant played the role of a misogynistic doctor in the film who expects his wife to sacrifice her dreams for his family. 'Mrs' spoke to several people across the country, with many men feeling unhappy for being represented in a particular way.
In an interaction with Hindustan Times, Nishant spoke about the extreme reactions to his character since the release of the film. When he was asked about the reception of the film, Dahiya said, "The reception of the film has been quite unexpected. I genuinely did not think that the film would reach such an audience and such a vast audience. When one is making a film one strives to make a good film and there is the hope that it reaches the audience. For Mrs, it has exceeded my expectations and I'm sure it goes for everyone associated with the film as well. I have received messages from so many places, and I am extremely proud of it. I have received calls from people I know, who don't watch films like Mrs; they are the ones who like action films, adventure films… I was so pleasantly surprised. Many of my friends even said that I should have given at least a disclaimer to not watch it with my wife (laughs). Because now everything I do, I get a look from my wife!”
Hatred Nishant received because of his character in Mrs
Nishant also recalled some extreme reactions and messages and recalled the abuses sent his way after watching the film. He added, "For my character, I have got a lot of love-hate! I have got such lovely messages from women who have told me that they hate my character Diwakar but they really appreciate my work. But the most extreme reactions I have gotten are from men! Men have texted me saying, ‘You dumb***k actor, go and eat rat poison!’ ‘Die somewhere, you mother****er!’ If I had gotten this from a girl I would have understood but I am getting this from men. I think it is more about Diwakar, something they did not like about Diwakar and it touched a nerve in them somewhere."
"Then there was this bizarre message which I don't recall completely but it was somewhere in the lines of, ‘You are not worthy of being an actor! Because if you were worthy of being an actor you would not have accepted this bad part. You don't even have the sense of accepting a part.’”
Nishant admits 95% men are like Diwakar
The actor added that 95% of the men are like Diwakar, saying, "I am not lying but it is the truth. I think it is about self-awareness also. A lot of people are not yet aware of what they do, what their actions are. That is the biggest problem with awareness too. Do men recognize what they are doing? Diwakar is not a bad guy but he is just conditioned in a certain way that he does not see whatever he is doing. With Richa leaving and Diwakar marrying a second time it shows that Divakar and his family still did not realize that they were the problem. There is no recognition of what they did.”
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