India, June 8 -- Actor Dimple Hayathi has hit back at those questioning her support for Janhvi Kapoor amid the ongoing backlash against Peddi. Addressing people who brought up her own career choices, Dimple argued that the conversation should not revolve around an actor's background, privilege, or industry standing.

Instead, she stressed that the real issue lies in the way female characters are written and portrayed on screen. Filmmaker Buchi Babu Sana's sports action drama, Peddi, has faced criticism from a section of viewers over the hypersexualisation of the female lead, played by Janhvi Kapoor. The film stars Ram Charan as the male lead.

On Sunday, Dimple took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a series of posts calling out s...