Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma appears to suffer from foot in mouth. In what Rajinikanth fans can only call blasphemous, RGV took to Twitter to declare that if Amitabh Bachchan, the shahenshah of Bollywood acted in ‘Robot’, “it will do far far better” and if the superstar of Tamil cinema were to do ‘Te3n’, “it will do far far lesser”.
My belief as a Rajni fan is If @SrBachchan does Robot it will do far far better and if @superstarrajini does Te3n it will do far far lesser
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 14, 2016
Of course, RGV did not stop at just that. In a series of tweets, the ‘Veerappan’ director said that if Amitabh Bachchan starred in Rajinikanth’s upcoming film ‘Kabali’, it “will be 100” and if the superstar were to act in Bachchan’s films like ‘Te3n’, ‘Black’, ‘Piku’ it would be a “joke”. Enraging Rajini fans, RGV tweeted that even the superstar would not dispute his claims.
Bottomline is if @superstarrajini does Te3n it wil b 1 nd if @SrBachchan does Kabali it will be 100..I want @superstarrajini to answer
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 14, 2016
And even @superstarrajini sir will not dispute my claims about @SrBachchan ..Te3N,Black,Piku etc will be a joke with Rajni in them
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 14, 2016
RGV’s twitter proclamations, however, came with the rider that he is a Rajini fan.
I love @superstarrajini sir for effect and @SrBachchan for content n only Rajni sir will understand becos both me n Rajni sir love B
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 14, 2016
But that was not enough to appease diehard fans of the star with Tamil filmmaker Venkat Prabhu leading the troll battle.
@RGVzoomin @superstarrajini @SrBachchan Saar only u can make Sholay flop!! Our superstar will even create history with #TE3N !!!
— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) June 14, 2016
Son-in-law and actor Dhanush also joined the RGV troll brigage, retweeting Venkat Prabhu stating, "Well said" in Tamil
Nandraaga sonneergal https://t.co/Ixm11acdvk
— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) June 15, 2016