Hyderabad: Telugu film director S.S.Rajamouli has caused a furore by his remarks seen as belittling Hindu faith and revered figures like Hanuman.
The filmmaker, who attained fame with movies like ‘ RRR’, ‘Bahubali ’, is accused by Hindutva outfits, BJP leaders T.Raja Singh and Madhavi Latha among others of making irreverent remarks on Hanuman at the title launch of his next big-ticket movie ‘Varanasi’ starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra, and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
Police complaints were also filed against Rajamouli for his comments at the Ramoji Film City on Saturday. Show Full Article
Mints hundreds of crores of money with Hindu gods, themes and scripts but disrespects the faith, Raja Singh said. The firebrand BJP MLA also exhorted the Hindus to boycott films of Rajamouli.
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