Keerthiswaran recently helmed Dude, featuring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju in the lead roles.

Debut filmmaker Keerthiswaran, who recently earned attention for his first feature Dude, is now at the centre of an online controversy after his response to a viewer’s criticism drew sharp reactions across social media.

The issue began when influencer Roshini Karthikeyan shared a screenshot of a private message exchange with the director. Although the original Instagram story has been removed, the screenshot has been widely circulated on X. In the shared image, Roshini had sent her critique of Dude, to which Keerthiswaran replied, “(laughter emojis)…go and have some life rather than sliding into my DMs."

Roshini, in her post accompanying the screenshot, expressed disappointment with th

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