After Vijayakant, here's who's earning the ire of Rajni fans. Actress Amy Jackson posted a picture on twitter of her posing with Superstar Rajnikanth, and director Ram Gopal Varma swooped in to go on a twitter rant.
Jibes at his superstardom, his lack of six pack abs and his fame - which he says is deserves psychiatric study, Ram Gopal Varma didn't spare his befuddlement at Rajnikanth's meteroic rise to fame.
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 16, 2016
He is a bad looker,doesn't have 6 packs ,short with a disproportionate body n knows just 2 nd half dance movements pic.twitter.com/Ht4RROzDiG
This man by being the biggest star ever completely destroys the notion of looks being important for stardom pic.twitter.com/YLeA7PiYRs
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 16, 2016
Nowhere in world a man who looks like this can be SuperStar .I wonder what he did to God that God did this to him pic.twitter.com/k32oXkbVmn
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 16, 2016
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 16, 2016
Rajni sir is ultimate proof that no one can ever fucking know why the audience likes what in cinema? pic.twitter.com/BqNaWKakfu
Kamaal R Khan was also swift to respond, keeping it to one tweet however.
Public is chutiya so ppl can make Rajnikant also megastar who dosn't know acting, dance neither height n personality pic.twitter.com/gIoRmlkyFx
— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) April 17, 2016
Fans responded to Ram Gopal Varma's tweet with more praise for the Superstar:
That's why he is RAJNIKANTH and India loves him :) https://t.co/rsQFqi6mrt
— Keshav Dikshit (@Alex_Keshav) April 17, 2016
More abuse:
@RGVzoomin Full marks for making something worse than #Aag
— Sudeshna Halder (@halder101) April 16, 2016
And a dose of realism:
@RGVzoomin You will never look like the girl in the magazine. The girl in the magazine doesn't even look like the girl in the magazine.
— kvp vishnu vardhan (@kvp_vishnu22) April 16, 2016
The Rajnikanth bashing is recent, but Thalaivar, now basking in his Padma Vibhushan, has little time or care for twitter trolling. DMDK Chief Vijayakant took to berating Rajnikanth in his campaign rally at Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district, subsequently angering many fans of the Superstar. “Vijayakant! Not afraid of anyone. I am good to those who are good (nallavannukku nallavan). I am not afraid like Rajini Annan,“ said Vijayakant, using lines from Rajninikanth's. Vijayakant had spoken in a similar vein during a public meeting in Villivakkam on Friday . The strong remarks against the actor, however, angered his fans, who set fire to his effigy in Kodungaiyur in Chennai.
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