Another controversy has been making the headlines. It has been created by none other than Oscar winner Resul Pookutty. He has created an uproar on the internet by making tweets against the blockbuster film RRR. Reacting to a Twitter user calling RRR ‘garbage’, Resul said the movie is ‘a gay lover story’. And in another tweet, he ridiculed Alia Bhatt’s character in RRR. “and @aliaa08 is a prop in that film,” he tweeted.
After coming under fire for his comments, Pookutty sort of disowned his tweets by suggesting they were not his actual opinion about the movie. “Yes I merely quoted something that was already in the public domain… no offense meant…,” he tweeted.
After receiving backlash from the fans on Twitter, Resul also got a response from the producer of RRR – Shobu Yarlagadda, who wrote how there’s nothing wrong with a film being a ‘gay love story.’
Resul wrote back to Shobu and said he simply intended to quote what other people have been talking about the film on social media. The popular sound designer asked everyone to end the matter and said, “Agree totally. Absolutely nothing wrong even if it was. I merely quoted2 my frnd,d banter that already exists in public domain ¬hing else. There is no stooping factor in this.U don’t have2 take it seriously Shobu,I didn’t mean any offense2 any stake holders.I rest my case here! (sic)”
Speaking of RRR, it has been directed by SS Rajamouli and was one of the most commercially successful Indian movies of 2022 when it came out in theatres earlier this year. The movie also received a lot of praise from a worldwide audience after being made available on Netflix.