India, June 14 -- Director Buchi Babu Sana's sports action drama Peddi came under intense scrutiny over the portrayal of Janhvi Kapoor's character, Achiyyamma. Many questioned the hypersexualisation of its female lead and zooming in on her body parts, even as the male lead describes her face's beauty. Director Buchi Babu Sana released a statement addressing the controversy and apologised.

On Sunday, the makers addressed the media at a success meet of the film. During the interaction, when Buchi Babu Sana was asked about the decision to apologise, lyricist Anantha Sriram openly added that he did not like how the director apologised. He said in Telugu, "A character behaves the same way. that is the director's imagination. It is a character...