Sanya Malhotra’s Mrs. sparks debate: Fans defend film after men’s organisation calls it ‘toxic feminism’

In a series of posts on X, the organisation said "Men work for 8-9 hours at construction sites, railway stations, airports, factories, courts, police stations, restaurants, country's borders and a happy young woman cooking food, doing dishes and pressing clothes of her father-in-law is oppression for her."

Hyderabad: The Hindi-remake of the super-hit Malayalam film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen‘ starring Sanya Malhotra has garnered acclaim and success, much like the original film.

The film titled ‘Mrs.‘ gained huge social media support for throwing light over silent and emotional abuse that women go through in a marriage.

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However, a men’s rights organisation, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), called for the boycott of the film claiming that it is “biased and portrays men in bad light, overlooking the domestic and mental trauma that men go through in a marriage.”

In a series of posts on X, the organisation said “Men work for 8-9 hours at construction sites, railway stations, airports, factories, courts, police stations, restaurants, country’s borders and a happy young woman cooking food, doing dishes and pressing clothes of her father-in-law is oppression for her.”

They said, “Women inherently believe a workplace means a comfortable air-conditioned place. They do not consider work at construction sites or at train stations etc as potential workplaces. They also do not consider that even working in AC can be quite stressful and depressing. ”

The post further says that “What stress does women feel, while chopping vegetables and cooking food on a gas stove or doing dishes wearing gloves? Zero, Nothing. In fact, cooking is like meditation. Is it highly stressful to press clothes or do laundry in a washing machine? (Sic)”

Men work 8-9 hours at construction sites, railway stations, airports, factories, courts, police stations, restaurants, country’s borders and

a happy young woman cooking food, doing dishes and pressing cloths of her father-in-law is oppression for her.#BoycottSanyaMalhotra pic.twitter.com/ygKILF4nxK

— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 12, 2025

The organisation also pointing at the suicide data between married men and women and said that the number of married men dying by suicide has drastically increased from previous years compared to married women due to issues like domestic violence against men, alimony, adultery, divorces, and toxic feminism.

They also blamed women for taking advantage of laws that favoured them leading to discrimination against men in the society.

Women brainwashed by toxic feminism are waging a gender war on men. It’s a male genocide.

No more tolerance to femimist propaganda films. Women initiate 2/3rds of all incidents of Domestic violence. pic.twitter.com/3l5FXRaQjy

— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 14, 2025

Soon after SIFF’s comments went viral, social media was abuzz with some users supporting their claims and others condemning the same.

One user wrote, “Men are expected to earn, behave well, take care of family and be a slave to women…where as women are expected to dominate men, do every illegal thing they want with no consequence. Expecting good attitude, behaviour or responsibility from women is severe crime in India.”

While several users supporting the film wrote, “Women work at all these places as well. If you haven’t seen them, you are blind. In fact, after doing all that hardwork they go hom to cook and clean for their in-laws. You should do the same instead of ranting here on X.”

Other user wrote, “Women work on construction sites and get hired because they cab be paid half a man’s wage.”

Another commented, “There is no problemin doing such works – Women are also doing 8-9 hours jobs and if you talk about housewives, the problem is not with household works but the way it was done.”