Bollywood’s Mrs has sparked an important conversation about patriarchy, the life of most Indian housewives, and the unappreciated domestic labour women do every day. The film has been widely praised for its raw and realistic portrayal of women’s struggles within their own homes. However, while many are applauding its message, some men are not taking it well.
Taking to X, a section of men is calling the film “propaganda” and accusing it of spreading “toxic feminism”. Their arguments? That Mrs is attacking the traditional family structure and that if our mothers and grandmothers had followed the same ideology, families would have fallen apart. Because, of course, a film that simply highlights women’s exhaustion and the imbalance in household responsibilities is apparently a threat to society.
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These men insist that they work long hours at their jobs and never complain, but women are now making a fuss over something as ‘simple’ as cooking and cleaning. They fail to acknowledge that while their work ends after office hours, a housewife’s work never really ends. The emotional labour, the mental load of running a household, and the physical exhaustion of catering to everyone’s needs remain invisible.
Have a look at some of the posts here:
Girls who like this feminist propaganda movie are huge red flags.
Such girls shouldn’t get married at all.
If you hate being a housewife, get a job and start paying 50-50.
Or marry an unemployed man. pic.twitter.com/EXAa3QPEiC
— ︎ ︎venom (@venom1s) February 12, 2025
#Mrs is a movie that shows that a Beti can never be a Beta.
It showcases that today’s women are incapable of fulfilling their duties, responsibilities & doing exhausting hardwork (including multitasking) for own family, as men do.Feminists have been lying that Women are equal… pic.twitter.com/HDpIwWB1HJ
— 𝕂𝕂 (@Try2StopME) February 14, 2025
Unhinged women have low IQ.
These female labourers will hate the behavior of Richa, Sanya Malhotra character, in the feminist propaganda movie Mrs.
They will say,”bahut charbi chad gayi hai usko. Ghar ke kaam mey kya mehnat? Woh bhi mixer grinder Hai. Gas stove hai. Fridge… pic.twitter.com/W5njkpFaFs
— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 15, 2025
mrs propoganda movie pic.twitter.com/zmfRmIeQMW
— कृष्णा 🥀 (@iiamkrshn) February 15, 2025
So let me get this straight, men can bust their asses 7-9 (including commute) for their jobs, take care of their family’s needs, utilise the holidays for household chores, take it like a “mard”, but movies like “mrs” extremist female issues pr hi banegi?? Even after the Atul… pic.twitter.com/vYzRkqVrqH
— Shivam (@itsshivamsaxena) February 15, 2025
Men work 8-9 hours at construction sites, railway stations, airports, factories, courts, police stations, restaurants, country’s borders and
a happy young woman cooking food, doing dishes and pressing cloths of her father-in-law is oppression for her.#BoycottSanyaMalhotra pic.twitter.com/ygKILF4nxK
— SIFF – Save Indian Family Foundation (@realsiff) February 12, 2025
This propaganda movies are being made for some other reasons. Best advice to Hindu men is don’t get married. Pen ch 0 yesterday’s judgement husband is responsible for wife’s debt? Men are no Atm machines
— S (@krazyxuser) February 13, 2025
Only thing I can say is, Glad these psyops was not available to influence my grand mother and mom. Else we would have been a broken family by now.
All said and done, my mother’s generation are the Moms who did the ultimate sacrifice and never had
such an opportunity to express…— Random Pure Thoughts 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 (@random_pure) February 14, 2025
Somebody is playing the big #feminism game silently. pic.twitter.com/LNEBeLBmr6
— ShoneeKapoor (@ShoneeKapoor) February 13, 2025
Men are brave pic.twitter.com/iydkwqK5lC
— ︎ ︎venom (@venom1s) February 14, 2025
The movie Mrs. feels like pure propaganda. Can anyone here name a real-life couple like the one shown in the film? If your feminism is still flaring, I suggest sitting down with your mom and watching the movie together. You’ll understand the point I’m trying to make. pic.twitter.com/7zBpy3bBUU
— Aryan Sandhya Anand आर्यन آریان 🇮🇳 (@AryanPatelIND) February 15, 2025
If she really punches the wall and it breaks her hand, she will file a domestic violence case on the wall. https://t.co/SJzoC137Y6
— Ambar (@Ambar_SIFF_MRA) February 14, 2025
Many of these posts also follow a pattern – comparing today’s women to the previous generations.
“Our mothers and grandmothers never complained. They did everything for their families and never expected anything in return,” they argue.
But isn’t that the problem? Women have been conditioned for generations to put their needs last, to silently bear the burden, and to see appreciation as unnecessary. The fact that a film like Mrs is making women question this unfair system is exactly why it’s needed.
Interestingly, the loudest voices against the film are men. Women across social media are sharing their experiences, posting about how they have seen their mothers and grandmothers tirelessly work without appreciation. Yet, it is men who seem to be the most offended by this film.
Films like Mrs and The Great Indian Kitchen are essential because they bring to light issues that are so normalized that people refuse to see them as problems. And if one movie is making so many men defensive, maybe that’s proof that it’s hitting exactly where it should.