Year Ender: Most controversial films of 2023
Adipurush
The Prabhas starrer faced flak for mocking Ramayan through its dialogues and the poor depiction of its characters.
The Kerala Story
The film claimed to tell the true story of Hindu and Christian students manipulated by Muslim men to join the Islamic State group.
Animal
Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna starrer was slammed for its misogynistic themes, and glorification of toxic masculinity.
Tiku Weds Sheru
The audience criticised the kissing scene between Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur as they have a 25-year age gap.
Pathaan
Hardline Hindu groups slammed the song ‘Besharam Rang’ after Deepika Padukone was seen in a saffron-coloured bikini.
Oppenheimer
In the film, a woman is seen making the main character read Bhagwad Gita during a sex scene. The scene was deleted when it premiered in India.
Barbie
The Gerta Gerwig directorial faced flak due to the theme. Fans felt the movie was too preachy.
OMG 2
Akshay Kumar starrer courted controversy for its taboo subject- Sex education.