Overview

• Pavithra Menon says her objection was to a caricatured Malayali portrayal and an inauthentic accent rather than a personal attack on Janhvi Kapoor.
• She urges producers to prioritize credible dialect work, calling the film’s language coaching “very shoddy” if a coach was indeed engaged.
• Her original critique video was removed for alleged copyright infringement, drawing attention to how online criticism is handled.
• Menon identifies herself as a Malayalam RJ, not an actor, and says she has met Kapoor, whom she describes as down-to-earth.
• Released on August 29, the Janhvi Kapoor–Sidharth Malhotra film drew lukewarm reviews and has earned about ₹37 crore net in six days after an early drop.