The lives of the majority of Indian housewives are depicted in the Bollywood film Mrs., starring Sanya Malhotra. It has sparked a conversation on patriarchy, which some men have found offensive. The audience adores the film because it portrays women’s struggles in their own homes in a genuine and natural way, highlighting the underappreciated household tasks that women perform on a regular basis.
Some guys are accusing the movie of propagating “toxic feminism” and labelling it “propaganda.”
The males who were outraged posted on social media site X to say that the movie is criticising the long-standing conventional family structure and that families would have disintegrated if our moms and grandmothers had adhered to the same idea. According to them, the movie is a social critique that only highlights the imbalance in domestic duties and women’s weariness.
By contrasting their labour with that of a housewife, these men are attempting to make a point. Women are suddenly complaining about something as “simple” as cooking and cleaning, despite their claims that they work long hours at their jobs and never complain. They clearly fail to understand that while their work ends after office hours, a housewife’s work never really concludes. It takes tremendous stamina and resolve to manage the emotional strain of running a household and the physical weariness of caring for the entire household and all of the family members.
Men appear to take offence at this movie the most:
Since the movie’s debut, women have been writing on social media about their experiences seeing their mothers and grandmothers work nonstop without receiving any recognition. However, men are taking offence at the film’s depiction of toxic feminism.
Movies like Mrs. and The Great Indian Kitchen are essential because they highlight social problems that have become so accepted that people no longer consider them to be problems. The film is making a lot of males defensive because it struck the correct chord.
Take a look at how the men reacted to the film
