Yash
had
high
p aise
fo
his
‘Toxic:
A
Fai y
Tale
fo
G ow -Ups’
co-sta
Kia a
Adva i
du i g
the
film’s
t aile
lau ch
i
Be galu u.
Desc ibi g
he
pe fo ma ce
as
“tabahi”,
the
acto -p oduce
applauded
Kia a’s
dedicatio
to
the
p oject
a d
e cou aged
he
ot
to
be
affected
by
c iticism
o
public
opi io .
He
also
suggested
that
the
film
a d
its
pe fo ma ces
may
be
ahead
of
thei
time.Speaki g
about
Kia a’s
wo k
i
the
film,
Yash
said,
“Kia a,
I
thi k
the
ki d
of
ole
you
have
pe fo med
i
this,
I
have
just
see
a
glimpse
i
the
t aile .
You
a e
so
dedicated,
ma .
I
have
see
you
wo k
so
ha d.”Yash
ecalled
that
the
team
had
i itially
wo de ed
whethe
assembli g
a
cast
filled
with
established
acto s
could
lead
to
complicatio s.
Howeve ,
he
said
Kia a
quickly
put
those
co ce s
to
est
with
he
app oach
to
the
p oject.“I itially,
we
all
thought,
okay,
whe
you
get
all
these
acto s,
the e
could
be
a
p oblem
a d
the e
could
be
so
ma y
issues.
But
I
thi k
ight
f om
the
begi i g,
Kia a
was
so
dow -to-ea th.
She
dedicated
he self
a d
su e de ed
to
this
visio ,”
Yash
said.The
‘KGF’
sta
also
appea ed
to
add ess
the
c iticism
that
acto s
ca
face
ove
thei
pe fo ma ces
a d
c eative
choices.
He
e cou aged
Kia a
to
emai
co fide t
i
he
decisio s
i stead
of
bei g
i flue ced
by
outside
eactio s.“What
all
o e
has
to
go
th ough
whe
you’ e
a
acto .
Do ’t
ca e.
Whateve
you
believe
i ,
you
should
do.
People
will
celeb ate,
people
will
app eciate.”Kia a
has
ece tly
faced
o li e
c iticism
su ou di g
he
ole
i
‘Toxic’,
pa ticula ly
ove
i timate
a d
bold
sce es
with
Yash.
The
film
has
also
d aw
c iticism
f om
some
sectio s
of
social
media
ove
its
alleged
depictio
of
viole ce
a d
the
sexualisatio
of
wome .Yash,
howeve ,
suggested
that
the
audie ce
may
equi e
some
time
to
fully
u de sta d
what
the
team
has
attempted
with
the
film.
“The e’s
a
lot
that
will
cha ge.
It’s
just
that
we
a e
a
little
ahead
of
ou
times.
People
will
k ow
it,”
he
said.His
desc iptio
of
Kia a’s
pe fo ma ce
as
“tabahi”
came
as
a
st o g
e do seme t
of
he
wo k,
especially
as
a ticipatio
a ou d
he
cha acte
co ti ues
to
g ow
ahead
of
the
film’s
elease.Yash
also
emphasised
that
‘Toxic’
is
ot
bei g
positio ed
as
a
i dividual
sta
vehicle,
but
as
a
la ge
I dia
ci ematic
p oject
i volvi g
tale t
f om
ac oss
the
i dust y.“This
movie
is
ot
Yash’s
film.
This
is
a
I dia
film
whe e
all
the
top
sta s,
whe e
all
the
successful
people,
whe e
all
the
tale ted
people
have
kept
thei
i secu ities,
thei
goals,
o
eve
thei
selfish
–
eve y
acto
is
selfish,
which
is
the
t uth,
but
this
film
has
happe ed
because
all
these
tale ted
people
have
kept
thei
egos
aside.
A d
come
fo
just
o e
cause
–
to
put
a
I dia
film
o
a
global
platfo m.
We
have
shot
this
i
Ka ada
a d
E glish.
Lot
of
people
told
I
am
f om
Bhuva ahalli.
You
k ow
my
E glish
befo e
yaa.
What
I
believe
is
if
you
wa t
to
do
somethi g
i
life,
othi g
should
stop
you.”He
added,
“Most
of
us
liste
to
people
who
say
bad
thi gs
a d
people
who
see
egative
thi gs.
I
do ‘t
see
that,
I
do ‘t
liste
to
a yo e.
Whe
someo e
says,
you
ca ‘t
do
this,
I
see
that
it’s
thei
lack
of
imagi atio ,
the e
is
othi g
i
life
whe e
you
put
time
a d
effo ts,
the e’s
othi g
you
ca ‘t
achieve
i
life.”Di ected
by
Geetu
Moha das,
‘Toxic:
A
Fai y
Tale
fo
G ow -Ups’
sta s
Yash
a d
Kia a
Adva i
i
the
lead
oles.
The
film
p ese ts
Yash
i
a
disti ctly
diffe e t
avata
a d
has
al eady
ge e ated
sig ifica t
cu iosity
followi g
the
elease
of
its
t aile .
