Ram Gopal Varma on Rajamouli Varanasi controversy

Ram Gopal Varma on Rajamouli Varanasi controversy. Rajamouli's Varanasi has been in the news for various reasions and Rajamouli stoked a controversy with his comments on Lord Hanuman.

This resulted in the Hindu organisations up in arms and even few went on to file complaint against Ramajouli. In the midst of all this, maverick director Ram Gopal Varma came up with his own response.

He said “In the context of all the venom being spewed by the so-called believers on Rajamouli, they should know that being an atheist in India is not a crime. Article 25 of the Constitution protects the right not to believe. So he has every right to say he doesn’t believe, just as the venom-spewers have the right to say they believe.”

He continued “Now coming to the dumb argument that ‘if he doesn’t believe in God, why does he show God in his movies?’ By that logic, should a filmmaker become a gangster to make a gangster film, or become a ghost to make a horror film?” RGV concluded with a sharp remark: “And the gobsmacking truth? Despite him not believing in God, God gave Rajamouli a hundred times more success, more wealth, and more fan worship than most believers will ever see, even in a hundred lifetimes.”