Puri Jagannadh has a problem. He has a career spanning over 20 years. So it wasn’t exactly possible to go through everything he wrote, directed and produced before seeing ‘Liger’. However, I was able to watch his eight films. Of all this, whatever the story, Puri seemed very focused on denigrating and stereotyping women, staring at a terrible amount of navels, and encouraging straight-up harassment. The women in the films found their footing only when they experienced sexual harassment and violence, or fell in love with “strong men.” He showed some signs of commitment to the story at hand in “Neninthe.” But with “Liger,” he proved he was on the downhill of sexism and general regression.
Directed and co-written by Puri Jagannadh, with co-writers A. Sreedhar and Tatavarti Kiran, ‘Liger’ follows Tanya (Ananya Pandey) and Liger (Vijay Deberakonda) as they are kidnapped and his name is announced. It starts with trying to save her. at an international MMA competition. Jagannadh then admits that he does not know how to tell this story before Liger and his mother Balamani (Ramyakrishnan) arrive in Mumbai from Benaras to work as a tea vendor and Training a liger to become an MMA national champion. Since they have no money, Baramani makes the master of a dojo called Jeju Dojo (Ronit Roy) feel guilty and train him. One day, Tanya mistakes Liger for a man who trolls her on social media. After he sexually harasses her, she takes him to a dojo and falls in love with him because of his fighting skills.
The entire first half of Liger is devoted to demeaning women. Generally not women. But a certain kind of woman. wealthy natives. Social She is someone who likes to post photos on the media. People who drink and party. What is considered “unreachable” by the likes of working-class men like Liger. These kinds of women are the only targets of Puri Jagannadh (and he easily puts MMA in the backseat and makes sexism a hero). So Baramani tells Liger to stay away from Tanya (because she is a walking stereotype), but Liger’s friend tells him to “park the bike in her Mercedes” (she walks because it is a stereotype). If you need to gut yourself into that metaphor, feel free to do so.
When you’re done throwing up, brace yourself because there’s still plenty. According to Jagannadh, only men can achieve great things. Their devotion to their job (MMA), mother and lover has not been diluted. And while his two in the former offer support and admiration in return, the latter always takes advantage of the man’s naivety. To make matters worse, Liger goes on an endless rant about how men like him need deceitful women like Tanya. Because in doing so, they will have the urge to make their lives better and prove these women wrong. Allowing things to happen or showing that Tanya did what she did “out of love” shows it as superficial. But it’s no coincidence. It’s very intentional. He hopes the stereotypes will stick so he can wisely downplay what women do and say. ’ has a ‘girl power’ moment. At that moment, Jagannadh feels like he’s trying to subvert his stereotypical female image. However, Liger told the women that his aggression towards him appeared to be taking revenge for impregnating him.
At this point, you must have thought, “Isn’t this movie about mixed martial arts?” Because that’s the question I asked at the halfway point and when ‘Liger’ thankfully ended. The answer is that it’s about MMA and it’s not. Used for fight montages, philosophy, beat goons and other fight montages. So if you’re looking for something on the “Warrior,” “Bruized,” or “Never Back Down” level, lower your expectations. Yes, Telugu action movies make fight scenes unrealistic and make heroes look like superheroes with wirework. Again, with the final set piece taking place at Mike Tyson’s ranch instead of the Octagon, it’s possible Jugganad just doesn’t care about representing MMA properly.
Let’s talk about performances. The movie stars Ananya Pandey and Chunky Pandey, but Vijay Deberakonda is clearly the worst. The way he exploits his neurological condition, such as stuttering laughter, is a farce. He switches between the same he two or he three expressions, all under the umbrella of severe constipation. The only instruction Ramya Krishnan received seems to be that she must do what she did in ‘Baahubali’. Her best performance in the SS Rajamouli epic worked because it was the best mythical action movie. Her performance feels disgusting, hilarious and bad because “Liger” isn’t. Ronit Roy is the only ray of hope in this dark cloud. Everyone else is simply awful and should reconsider their professional choices before signing another film.
That being said, is ‘Liger’ problematic, or is it just a reflection of what the general audience wants to see on the big screen? had scenes that blatantly glorified sexual assault. And it became a massive box office hit, showing that people liked it. Such feelings echoed through my theater. And it really scared me. Artists get very excited when they read critical reviews of their work. But they should be sitting in the theater during the last showing of the day, watching the movie and listening to what people want to inflict on those around them in real life. If you’re fed up, you should make some changes to your work. If not, you should seek medical attention. Because they aren’t making funny movies now. They are only fueling negative attitudes towards women for whom they are not responsible.
‘Liger’ is a 2022 Indian action drama film directed by Puri Jagannadh.
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