Vijay Deverakonda on Sandeep Vanga's slap comment: We must listen & be okay, we all have unique relationships

Vijay Deverakonda shed some light on his director Sandeep Vanga Reddy's slap comment which had courted controversy. Read on to know what Vijay had to say.

Updated on Jul 26, 2019  |  10:05 AM IST |  2.9M
Vijay, who had played the lead in Arjun Reddy, came out in support of Sandeep.
Vijay, who had played the lead in Arjun Reddy, came out in support of Sandeep.

Vijay Deverakonda's upcoming film Dear Comrade has created a huge buzz. Not just down south, but even created a ripple in Bollywood when he came to the city and met Karan Johar with the filmmaker announcing the remake in Hindi. While Vijay was in Mumbai, the actor even spoke to Anupama Chopra of Film Companion and shed some light on his director Sandeep Vanga Reddy's slap comment which had courted controversy. Vijay, who had played the lead in Arjun Reddy, came out in support of Sandeep.

Speaking his mind, Vijay defended Sandeep and said, "I completely understand him and I completely understand the people who have an issue with Vanga's statement. But none of us is wanting to listen to what he wants to say. Maybe, Sandeep has probably been in a relationship where he loved someone so much that they were intimate as and when they wanted or they abused each other as and they wanted or maybe they hit each other, but they loved each other and they were happy."

He added, "It comes from the relationship you had as a person. It comes from your own experience, so we can't generalise it." The Telugu star also added how everyone is quick to judge in this day and age. "What he (Sandeep) said in his way is right because for him, that's what love meant. And he absolutely respected and loved that woman, and that woman loved him back. I think we should listen to him and be OK. We're all very unique individuals and have very unique relationships, but we want everyone to be like us and believe in the beliefs that we have, but it doesn't fit in the box, it doesn't like that," Vijay said. 


Arjun sends you love Preethi @kiaraaliaadvani ☺ Can't wait to see #KabirSingh!

The director in an interview to Anupama Chopra had earlier said, "When you are deeply in love and deeply connected to a woman (and vice versa), if you don't have the liberty of slapping each other, then I don't see anything there." 

Credits: Film Companion

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