You may be aware of the fact that Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starer Kabir Singh is a remake of Vijay Deverkonda and Shalini Pandey starer Telugu film Arjun Reddy.

In South movies, not only villains but even the lead actors show off their smoking habit.

I hate it when I see Vijay lights up during a cricket match in Dear Comrade movie.

Smoking fits the characters in Arjun Reddy and its remake Kabir Singh.

Also, they are medical students and it is a common thing in campuses.

If you look carefully, smoking is a kind of diversion. It is used to end the fight. The angry hero has already given a few blows to the bad boy after arriving on the scene. Now it is time to end the fight.