Kiara Advani says Sidharth Malhotra was unbothered by her intimate scenes with Yash in Toxic, admits film's negative response left her ‘very low’
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Kiara Advani has spoken about the criticism she faced for her intimate scenes with Yash in Toxic : A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, admitting that the movie's initial reception left her disappointed. The star discussed the row on Koffee With Karan Season 9, where she appeared alongside husband Sidharth Malhotra . The episode also gave the couple a chance to celebrate a personal milestone. Kiara and Sidharth revealed in early October 2026 that they were expecting their second child.
Adding to this, Kiara Advani reveals Sidharth Malhotra never brought up her intimate scenes in Toxic, says negative response left her ‘very low’. Kiara Advani admits Toxic's response was heartbreaking In conversation with Karan Johar about the movie's performance, Kiara shared she had a difficult time dealing with the response during its opening weekend. Despite the strong opening, the movie did not receive the reaction the team had hoped for. “On day one, it is heartbreaking. Especially for this movie, because as a team in totality any of us saw this coming. When it misfired despite it opening to what it did. It was heartbreaking for me that first weekend. I was very low about it,” she shared.
Meanwhile, However, the star also found some encouragement in the appreciation she received for taking on a role that was different from what audiences had seen her do before. She shared, “But, then, there was a lot of appreciation. The fact that I had gone outside of my comfort zone playing that role. I think in my journey this will be defining.”
Notably, The conversation soon moved to the trolling that followed the rollout of the song Tabaahi. Kiara faced personal attacks for her intimate scenes with Yash, with several social media users questioning her choices because she is married and a mother. Sidharth was also brought into the discussion, with people speculating about his reaction to the scenes.
As per the latest buzz, Karan highlighted the obvious gender bias in the criticism, pointing out that married male actors are rarely questioned in the same way for performing intimate scenes. Kiara shared Sidharth had never made an issue of it and that the subject had not even come up between them. “He had not cared about it. He has never brought it up. We have never spoken about it. It did not affect him, he was not bothered,” she shared.
In further updates, She also pointed out that this was hardly a new experience for women in the movie industry. “It has been happening now for donkey years, for decades. From Aishwarya to so many wonderful actors,” she added.
On top of that, Interestingly, Kiara shared she did not feel the need to defend herself when the row was unfolding. "What I must touch upon is when I was seeing what was going on the internet, there was a massive reaction of people who had already started calling it out, the hypocrisy, and I really did not feel the need to even justify," she shared.
Directed by Geetu Mohandas, Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups was Yash's first movie after KGF: Chapter 2. Set in post-independence Goa, the gangster drama follows a world shaped by crime, violence, power struggles and shifting loyalties. Yash plays two characters, Raya and his son Rumi, while Kiara plays Nadia, Rumi's mother.
Source: Hindustan Times