{"id":391761,"date":"2026-04-14T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391761\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:53:10","slug":"imran-khan-praises-adivi-sesh-and-mrunal-thakurs-dacoit-for-avoiding-toxic-tropes-calls-cousin-zayn-marie-top-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/391761\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan praises Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur’s \u2018Dacoit\u2019 for avoiding \u2018toxic tropes\u2019, calls cousin Zayn Marie \u2018top star\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Imran‘Dacoit’, starring Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, and Zayn Marie Khan (Mansoor Khan’s daughter), earns praise from Imran Khan on Instagram. He calls it \u201cfree of toxic tropes,\u201d spotlighting his cousin Zayn as top star and lauding Adivi\u2019s vulnerability, Mrunal\u2019s grit. The action thriller \u2018Dacoit\u2019, featuring Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur<\/a>, premiered in cinemas on April 10. Directed by Shaneil Deo<\/a>, the film also stars Zayn Marie Khan<\/a>, daughter of filmmaker Mansoor Khan. After catching the film, Imran Khan took to Instagram to share his thoughts, lauding the movie for being \u201cfree of toxic tropes.\u201d He praised the cast\u2019s performances but singled out his cousin Zayn Marie Khan as the true standout.<\/p>\n

Imran Khan praises \u2018Dacoit\u2019 after watching the film<\/p>\n

Taking to his Instagram stories, Imran shared his review of Dacoit, applauding the film and its cast. He congratulated the team and specifically highlighted the performances of Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur. \u201cCongratulations to team Dacoit! Adivi Sesh is charming, smoldering and heartbreakingly vulnerable in a film that is refreshingly free of toxic tropes. Mrunal Thakur ranges beautifully from maternal tenderness to raw, emotional grit,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

Imran Khan calls Zayn Marie the top star<\/p>\n

Imran went on to appreciate the performances of Atul Kulkarni and Prakash Raj, while expressing that his personal favorite was his sister Zayn Marie. \u201cAtul Kulkarni and Prakash Raj wonderful as always. But for me the top star is my darling Zayn Marie\u2026 watching you on the big screen made this big brother very proud,” he wrote. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Dacoit\u2019 explores love, betrayal, and revenge<\/p>\n

Starring Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash Raj, Sunil, Atul Kulkarni, Zayn Marie Khan, and Kamakshi Bhaskarla, \u2018Dacoit\u2019 unfolds the story of a convict consumed by rage and longing for revenge against his ex-girlfriend who betrayed him. As his deadly plan begins to take shape, the film transforms into an emotionally charged saga of love, deceit, and retribution. Shot in both Hindi and Telugu, the movie\u2019s story and screenplay were jointly penned by Adivi Sesh and Shaneil Deo.<\/p>\n

Imran Khan speaks out against toxic masculinity<\/p>\n

Recently, Imran grabbed attention for speaking out against Bollywood\u2019s tendency to promote misogyny and toxic masculinity. During a Reddit AMA session, he was asked about the idea of \u201calpha males\u201d in Hindi films and shared his thoughts on masculinity. \u201cI am disturbed by the upward trend in how misogyny and toxic masculinity are propagated in our films, and the world at large. I fear that men shy away from these conversations because, at an individual level, they feel blamed for the actions of others\u2026 and because of this, they miss the point that these restrictive definitions of masculinity hurt men as well. True strength lies in emotional vulnerability,” he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Dacoit’, starring Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, and Zayn Marie Khan (Mansoor Khan’s daughter), earns praise from Imran Khan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15535,186495,146,85,46,186494,397,52230,68278,110890,184145],"class_list":{"0":"post-391761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anurag-kashyap","9":"tag-atul-kulkarni","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-kamakshi-bhaskarla","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-mrunal-thakur","16":"tag-prakash-raj","17":"tag-shaneil-deo","18":"tag-zayn-marie-khan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}