Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle sparks social media backlash: Viewers call it “unnecessary” and “try hard” after controversial remarks

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Kajol and Twinkle Khanna’s chat show Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle was launched as a refreshing, candid space where two outspoken personalities would bring out the unfiltered side of celebrity guests. But instead of earning applause for its frank conversations, the show has found itself at the centre of criticism as several comments made by the hosts and celebrities are now circulating widely on social media—sparking intense backlash. A popular page, The Indian Idiot, shared a compilation of controversial statements from the show, triggering a wave of disapproval from users. Some of the clips show Twinkle Khanna making remarks that many viewers found insensitive or dismissive. Among the quotes drawing attention was her take on modern dating, where she said, “Today's kids change their partners faster than they change their outfits" — "And I think it's a good thing.” In another exchange with Ananya Panday, she quipped, “What emotions! They are traumatised by everythi...
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‘Audiences don’t want to be challenged’: director Cristian Mungiu on exploring bigotry – and giving up film

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His Palme d’Or-winner explored abortion in his native Romania, and in RMN the director is tackling anti-immigrant sentiment head on. He explains why Europe should pay attention and whether cinema is dead

“Let us mind our words, the west is watching,” says the local mayor, hoping to calm a worked-up crowd of Transylvanian villagers. But the villagers don’t mind their words. Gathered in a packed cultural centre to vent their anger about three Sri Lankans hired by the local bakery, they are angry at everything: the closure of the nearby mine; the villagers who have left for better-paid jobs in Germany and the workload in those jobs that remain; the west’s supposed assault on the nuclear family; the hypocritical European Union. “We got rid of the gypsies,” one irate man in the crowd bellows, “and now we fight over foreigners?”

It’s just one scene from RMN, the new film by Cristian Mungiu, a Palme d’Or-winning director whose work has opened up his homeland Romania to the scrutinising gaze of western European cinema audiences. When Mungiu toured the film around European festivals last year, some people in the Q&A sessions afterwards assumed that the opinions of the villagers were also his.

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