This diwali, it’s not just fireworks lighting up the sky — it’s fans clashing online, memes exploding, and timelines burning with one question: Who’s the real superhero — Thamma or Lokah?
What began as a harmless promotional interview for Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thamma has spiraled into a culture war between two cinematic ideologies — one that sells feminism for marketing and another that actually tries to live it. The battlefield? X, Reddit threads, and every fan group that’s ever argued about intent versus impact.
⚔️ 1. Thamma’s Big Talk vs Lokah’s Quiet Honesty
Ayushmann Khurrana confidently declared that Lokah never reached all of India, while Thamma will hit every corner of the country. A fair point, sure — but fans were quick to note that reach means nothing without resonance. Lokah may not have had a pan-India release, but it had something Thamma’s universe seems to lack lately: authenticity.
💣 2. The Dinesh Vijan Dilemma
Producer Dinesh Vijan doubled down, saying Thamma focuses on “situational comedy” instead of “cosmic chaos.” Admirable, but fans weren’t laughing. The Maddock horror Universe — famous for Stree and Stree 2 — is now being called out for its performative feminism: selling empowerment in posters while slipping in sexist jokes and homophobic humour when the lights go down.
One viral post read:
“Maddock’s feminism lasts only until the hero starts dancing around an item song.”
⚡ 3. The Feminist Façade: When Empowerment Meets Exploitation
The hypocrisy isn’t subtle anymore. Fans are tired of watching so-called “female-led” films that still find ways to objectify women. Thamma’s marketing may shout “strong woman superhero”, but critics are asking: strong for whom?
When the camera ogles more than it observes, empowerment turns into parody. And fans, especially women, have had enough.
🔥 4. Lokah’s Quiet Revolution
Meanwhile, Lokah didn’t have a massive budget, a big release, or a PR army. What it had was integrity. It didn’t pretend to be progressive — it just was. Its female superhero wasn’t dressed for the male gaze, she wasn’t cracking jokes at queer people’s expense, and she didn’t need a male co-star to “complete” her arc. Fans saw that sincerity and crowned Lokah as the real deal.
💥 5. Thamma’s Risky Trap — Style Over Substance
Thamma is flashy, funny, and full of meta-humour — but sometimes, it feels like it’s laughing at the very audience it’s trying to impress. Fans argue that Maddock’s tone-deaf humour — often mocking marginalised groups under the guise of “fun” — keeps betraying its own themes. The result? A film universe that claims to be woke but keeps hitting snooze.
🧨 6. The Fan Divide: culture vs Commerce
The internet has split right down the middle. Team Thamma says it’s all entertainment — “chill, it’s a diwali film.”
Team Lokah replies: “Cinema is culture — and culture has consequences.”
While one side cheers for box-office fireworks, the other is holding the industry accountable for the smoke it leaves behind.
⚡ 7. The Verdict — Superheroes Don’t Need Capes, They Need Convictions
In the end, this battle isn’t about special effects or star power — it’s about ethics in storytelling. Lokah fought patriarchy. Thamma, unintentionally, might be fuelling it.
And that’s the bitter irony of modern Bollywood: when the real villain isn’t the monster on screen, but the mindset behind the camera.
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