Vijay Deverakonda dishes on Arjun Reddy and relationships

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Vijay Deverakonda spoke about why he chose not to judge his character in the film "Arjun Reddy" in this 2022 interview. Today, he is celebrating his 34th birthday.  : Disney+ Hotstar

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00:00Vijay, Arjun Reddy was a massive, massive success.

00:03But there was a lot of criticism.

00:05I didn't find it misogynistic.

00:07I understood why he behaved the way he did

00:09and the relationship he had with Preeti.

00:11If I had to ask you, your status would be?

00:13I have a really good relationship.

00:23I like that girl.

00:31Vijay, Arjun Reddy was a massive, massive success.

00:34It had a lot of cult love.

00:35It was remade into Kabir Singh.

00:37Massive, massive hit.

00:39But there was a lot of criticism

00:41for the misogyny of the film.

00:43There was a lot of talk about the sexism.

00:45You know, it was an anti-feminist film.

00:49What is your take on this?

00:50My job is to empathize with the character and not judge him.

00:54Like, if I'm judging someone,

00:56I'm judging them because I'm a feminist.

00:59Like, if I'm judging him, I can't play him.

01:01Any role that's brought to me,

01:03I try and empathize with him.

01:05And if I can, I take that role.

01:07If something about it is very conflicting

01:09and I don't understand it,

01:11or I don't agree with it, I won't do it.

01:13So, if I did Arjun Reddy, I empathized with him.

01:15I understood why he behaved the way he did

01:17and the relationship he had with Preeti.

01:19I didn't find it misogynistic

01:21or anti-feministic or something.

01:25It seemed like two people who had a very unique relationship.

01:29That was their relationship.

01:30And to them, it was love.

01:32But is it okay for Arjun Reddy to raise his hand on her?

01:36I'm no one to say if it's right or wrong,

01:39but they too did it.

01:40And they had a happily ever after life.

01:43And they had a kid. You see the movie ending with a kid.

01:46But I'm not saying that nobody should have a problem with it.

01:49You should have a problem with it.

01:50Imagine you've been in a relationship which was abusive.

01:54And then you see this film.

01:55It's painful to watch this happening on screen.

01:58These are your worst nightmares as a woman,

02:00as a wife or as a girlfriend.

02:02And you see it playing out on screen.

02:04You'll fucking hate it.

02:05And I understand that you disagree with it

02:07and I respect that you don't like it.

02:10But you looked at it as you were portraying a character.

02:12Yeah, I looked at it.

02:13And you removed your own personal beliefs

02:15and played that character.

02:16And I played that.

02:17Because Vijay Devarkonda would never be an Arjun Reddy.

02:19I would never raise my hand

02:21if it reaches a point where I feel such anger

02:25towards a woman, I will walk out.

02:26Tell us two scandalous lies and one scandalous truth

02:29about yourself without telling which is which.

02:31I really want to be a one woman man for life.

02:36I think I have just like five, six movies in me before I quit.

02:41Okay.

02:42I hope that's a lie.

02:44I have no fucking clue who I am.

02:46That's the truth.

02:46If I had to ask you, your status would be?

02:49I'm happy in life.

02:51I don't mean your emotional status.

02:53I meant your relationship status.

02:55I have a really good relationship with my parents.

02:58I have a really good relationship with my director.

03:00Your dog.

03:00I love Puri. I love my dog.

03:01Your last relationship. Your last one.

03:03What do you love?

03:04Your last one. I just want to know.

03:05Complicated, single, dating.

03:08Like someday I'll be married and I'll want to have kids.

03:11That day I will say it out.

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