Two words are uttered in the one-minute teaser for Tamil director’s Bala’s upcoming film Naachiyaar (Goddess), in which Jyotika plays a tough police officer and music composer GV Prakash a vagrant.
The teaser is dialogue-free except for the words “Thevadiya payalunga” (Sons of whores),” which Jyotika’s character throws at a convict she has just roughed up.
Bala’s featuring usually feature misfits and characters who live on the margins of society and sanity. Among his acclaimed films are Sethu (1999), Pithamagan (2003) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
The use of a slur in the teaser has evoked mixed reactions. some criticised the actress for swearing on screen; others have pointed out that she is merely playing a character.
Making women to use swear words on screen to prove that they are courageous is an utter miscalculation by directors. Instead they should show it through their action and screenplay! #Naachiyaar .
— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) November 15, 2017
but still that bad word should not be released in the trailer #naachiyar
— TrendzMan (@TrendlikPkaran) November 15, 2017
Am sure this will encourage people especially kids to use this more freq from now.
there are many ways to attract audience, definitely not this way
#Naachiyar is a film. It is fiction. #jyothika is not just Surya’s wife or Sivakumar sirs daughter in law. She’s an actor too. Surya can play tough cop but Jyothika can’t? It’s a Bala film & she’s just enacting a role. See her dialogues or acting with reference to the film only.
— SujathaNarayanan (@N_sujatha08) November 15, 2017
Hero: Dai b***u Varen..
— Kishen das (@kishen_das) November 16, 2017
Response: THALAIVAAAAA
Heroine: The***** Pasangala
Response: Misuse of Feminism
Both are right. We are wrong.
#Naachiyaar 💥
— Troll Superstars™ (@TrollSuperstars) November 16, 2017
For THEM (Naachiyaar Dialogue) pic.twitter.com/eVYOlCVOCt