India, Oct. 17 -- Adil Hussain has once again opened up about his discomfort over appearing in the 2019 hit Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani. While the film shattered box office records, it also became one of Bollywood's most controversial releases, criticised for glorifying toxic masculinity and misogyny.

In a recent interview with Mid-Day, the actor revisited why he wishes he hadn't signed the project. "I was travelling extensively with Mukti Bhawan then and didn't have the time to go through the full script or watch the original Telugu version," he said. Hoping to turn down the offer, Adil revealed that he even asked his manager to quote five times his usual fee - expecting the producers to back off. "But they agre...