Mental Hai Kya, the new rom-com featuring Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao, seems to be getting more than its share of controversial attention, thanks to medical experts who find the film’s approach to psychological imbalances extremely insensitive.
Several tweets objecting to the film’s title and poster, showing Ranaut and Rao balancing a razor blade on the tip of their tongues, have surfaced.
One of the tweets reads, “@SmritiSawhney Precisely the gripe I had even with the title #MentalHaiKya. The poster does not help the cause either. The layperson would not be able to differentiate between ‘mentally ill’ and ‘Mental’. Those with #mentalillness are often called ‘mental’ in a derogatory way.”
While the film’s producer Ekta Kapoor remained unavailable for comment, a source close to the project says that the title might be changed. “Mental Hai Kya is a half-joking reference to someone who does outrageous things. Kangana and Rajkummar play two individuals who are constantly walking, talking and dancing on the edge,” says the source.
Apparently, the producers are unsure of the content as the release date was postponed from April to June.
Incidentally, the title Mental was to be used by Salman Khan but he decided against it.
