Toxic Teaser: The teaser of Yash’s upcoming film Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups landed in controversy soon after its release. While the film was expected to set the mood for a dark and intense story, one scene has instead triggered strong backlash online. The teaser shows a graphic intimate moment between Yash and a woman inside a car near a cemetery, a visual many viewers have found disturbing and unnecessary.
As criticism grew, attention quickly shifted to the woman seen in the scene. She has now been identified as Brazilian model and actor Beatriz Taufenbach. Soon after the backlash picked up pace, fans noticed that Beatriz’s Instagram account was no longer accessible. When users searched for her profile, it showed the message – “Profile isn’t available.”
Who Is The Woman Seen Opposite Yash In Toxic Teaser
After the teaser dropped, there was confusion about the woman’s identity. Several early reports incorrectly claimed that the actor was Natalie Burn. However, director Geetu Mohandas later clarified the matter on Instagram. Sharing Beatriz’s photo, she wrote, “This beauty is my cemetery girl Beatriz Taufenbach.”
Despite this clarification, the focus of online criticism did not shift to the makers or the content of the teaser. Instead, Beatriz became the main target of trolling. Many social media users began questioning why the backlash appeared to be directed almost entirely at her.
Netizens Call Out Gendered Backlash
As Beatriz faced heavy online criticism and slut-shaming, several users questioned why Yash remained largely unaffected. Many pointed out that this is a repeated pattern in Indian cinema, where women are targeted for intimate scenes while male actors walk away without consequences.
Read some online user comments below:
“Wonder if the male actor would ever face consequences for such backlash?”
“This is honestly disturbing. The male star stays untouched, the makers intellectualise it as female gaze, and the woman takes the hit through trolling and slut-shaming. Criticise the teaser if you want, but the gendered backlash exposes the real hypocrisy.”
“So again a woman was slut shamed for a sex scene in which the man was an equal partner. Great. Just great. And I cannot believe a woman directed that scene, it was such a vulgar scene. There have been so many intimate scenes in movies and there is a way where you can be respectful about a woman in those scenes. This was not it.”
“Not only that, but as makers of the movie, they don’t even care to come out in defence of this girl, their male superstar is fine, all the harassment for a product they made is directed at her and that’s all that matters to them.”
“But then why didn’t the rockstar Yash receive backlash for it? Both of them were in the scene right?? Yet the woman was trolled. And the man? Oh well, he is such a star. Same happened with Tripti Dimri in animal. Both Ranbir nd Tripti did the scene, but only she was hated. Called bhabhi 2 and whatnot, and to the people who reacted negatively to this woman and bullied her and slut shamed her, shame on you.”
“Saw that coming, all the negative slut shaming jokes were mainly targeted towards her while Yash got a free pass .”
“LOL, a film cannot even defend its actress against cyberbullying, and they want to clash with a mega monster wave like Dhurandhar 2.”
“Of course, once again, it’s only the female who gets shamed.”
What CBFC Said About Toxic Teaser
The teaser also drew the attention of regulatory bodies. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Women’s Wing and the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights filed complaints, calling the content “obscene” and “sexually explicit.”
However, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) clarified that it has no authority over the teaser. Officials stated that the video was released only on digital platforms like YouTube, and certification is required only for films and trailers meant for theatrical release. Sources added that the makers have not yet submitted the film or its promotional material for certification.
Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is scheduled to release in theatres on March 19, 2026. Along with Yash, the film also stars Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, and Rukmini Vasanth.
