"Rajni sir is ultimate proof that no one can ever f****** know why the audience likes what in cinema?," filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma wondered aloud last week in a series of tweets in which he tried to decipher the Rajini phenomenon.
Needless to say, the superstar's fans descended upon and lashed out at him on social media, even as RGV called them "Dumb fans" "who dint realise my tweets r compliment".
Not one to be deterred by social media backlash, the loudmouth "Rangeela" director is once again back to ruffling feathers. This time around, RGV came bearing advice for none other than Shah Rukh Khan, by making a comparison between Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.
Calling Khan a "Megastar becos he neither has muscles of Salman nor workmanship of Aamir but yet he is taller than both by being just himself", RGV warned him against becoming an "ordinary fan" and making the "same blunder" as Kamal Haasan did "to lose his stardom" to Rajinikanth.
Megastar SRK becoming ordinary fan,dwarf etc is as big a same blunder as what Kamal Hasan did to lose his stardom to Rajnikant(Salman Khan)
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Kamal was as big a superstar as Rajnikant till he started doing dwarf,fat,tall etc nd as a fan I hope SRK doesn't listen to wrong advisers
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Grt actrs r dime a dozen in NSD, Stage etc whereas Stars like SRK come blessed by God/Allah/Buddha etc,which is what SRK is not realising
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Clint Eastwood super star for30 yrs bng himself n then is critics Hero .i don't believe in God but as fan I pray to Allah SRK realises truth
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
SRK must learn from mistakes of kamal and not listen to near n dear ones who are stopping him from becoming a Mega Rajnikant.
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
I call SRK as Megastar becos he neither has muscles of Salman nor workmanship of Aamir but yet he is taller than both by being just himself
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Rajnikant is Rajnikant bcos he always himself and Kamal always trying to be someone else..I hope SRK will remain like himself like Salman
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Kamal Hasan could have been a btr Rajnikant if he din't keep bcmng some1 else..so SRK should learn from Kamal's mistakes and just be Salman
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 23, 2016
Fans of Haasan were quick to give him a piece of their minds.
@RGVzoomin don't drag @ikamalhaasan in this box office star war.he is beyond everything .his movies r incomparable with rajnikanth or salman
— VINAY (@vinay2570) April 23, 2016
@RGVzoomin Kamal forsaken his stardom to Great epic Films. Not to Rajni, its dumbest to say so..Don't be an attention seeking idiot.
— priyanka raemolla (@raemolla) April 23, 2016
.@RGVzoomin seeking attention by belittling legends like @ikamalhaasan who call u thier frnd..an honor u dont deserve! hope u get real work!
— ऋद्धिमा (@BeingRidhima) April 23, 2016
.@RGVzoomin FACT CHECK - The Dwarf role film.. Appu Raja is one of d best comercial films & one of @ikamalhaasan's biggest superhits n hindi
— ऋद्धिमा (@BeingRidhima) April 23, 2016
@RGVzoomin why don't you focus on your flops
— زين (@zaypika) April 23, 2016
@RGVzoomin Kamal was a Superstar, he is a Superstar and he will be the Superstar forever.
— Nallamani (@im_goodbell) April 23, 2016