Despite being criticised from all and sundry for suggesting that a relationship that doesn't permit lovers to slap one another is devoid of emotion, Kabir Singh director Sandeep Reddy Vanga has found support in Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli.

Urging people to "protect" him from the wrath, she stated that the abusive protagonist Kabir was no different from Alia Bhatt's character Safeena in Gully Boy.