India, June 5 -- The box office momentum for Ram Charan's highly anticipated sports drama, Peddi, is being met with an equally intense wave of online debate. While the film is drawing massive crowds, public discourse has largely shifted toward how its female lead is written, with audiences raising sharp questions about the portrayal of Janhvi Kapoor's character, Achiyyamma. In response to the mounting criticism, director Buchi Babu Sana has stepped forward to address the pushback. He candidly admitted that he never anticipated moviegoers would take such strong issue with the film's central romantic track.

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