Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh sparked backlash at IFFI 2025 for mocking a sacred scene from "Kantara", offending the Tulu community.

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh faced criticism at the IFFI 2025 closing ceremony in Goa for mimicking a sacred scene from Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: Chapter 1, portraying the character Chavundi Daiva with voice and expressions. The act drew backlash from the Tulu-speaking community, who called it disrespectful and culturally insensitive, disputing depictions of Chavundi as a “female ghost.” The incident sparked widespread online debate over trivializing religious and cultural symbols, coming ahead of Singh’s film Dhurandhar, set to release December 5. Neither Singh nor Shetty has publicly commented.