In a slew of tweets, the filmmaker showered praises on ‘The Kerala Story’ while indirectly speaking against a segment of the industry. His first tweeted read, “We are so comfortable in telling lies to both others and ourselves that when someone goes ahead and shows the truth we get SHOCKED..That explains the DEATH like SILENCE of BOLLYWOOD on the SHATTERING SUCCESS of #KeralaStory”
We are so comfortable in telling lies to both others and ourselves that when someone goes ahead and shows the truth we get SHOCKED..That explains the DEATH like SILENCE of BOLLYWOOD on the SHATTERING SUCCESS of #KeralaStory
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 21, 2023
RGV further said that it’s a mirror to mainstream Bollywood. “The #KeralaStory is like a BEAUTIFUL GHOSTLY MIRROR showing the DEAD face of Main stream BOLLYWOOD to itself in all its UGLINESS,” he added. The film will also haunt many for years to come, he opined. “The #KeralaStory will haunt like a mysterious fog in every story discussion room and every corporate house in BOLLYWOOD forever,” he said.
The #KeralaStory is like a BEAUTIFUL GHOSTLY MIRROR showing the DEAD face of Main stream BOLLYWOOD to itself in all its UGLINESS
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 21, 2023
The #KeralaStory will haunt like a mysterious fog in every story discussion room and every corporate house in BOLLYWOOD forever
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 21, 2023
He also said that the film is a truth hence the industry doesn’t want to learn anything from it. “It’s difficult to learn from #KeralaStory because it’s EASY to copy a LIE but very DIFFICULT to copy TRUTH,” said RGV.
It’s difficult to learn from #KeralaStory because it’s EASY to copy a LIE but very DIFFICULT to copy TRUTH
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 21, 2023
‘The Kerala Story’ directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah has made around 167 crores at the box office till Satuday.