Dil Raju, whose recent comment about stars Vijay and Ajith has snowballed into a controversy, has clarified that he had no intention of degrading any actor.
A few days ago, Dil Raju spoke to a TV channel regarding several issues related to films, including theatre-allotment to dubbed films. During the conversation, he had said that he would soon request the concerned authorities in Tamil Nadu to provide more theatres for his film Varisu because Vijay is a bigger hero than Ajith (whose film Thanivu is also releasing in Tamil Nadu for Pongal).
This clip has gone viral, and livid fans of Ajith have started trolling the producer.
“My words are being misconstrued,” said Dil Raju, and appealed to everyone to watch the entire video and not in bits and pieces.
“I am a lover of cinema and I have made 50 films. I made a reference to Vijay garu and Ajith garu only in the context of the theaters issue but the essence was not taken and instead something else was blown out of all proportions,” he said.
On the other hand, recently, Dil Raju was severely criticised for allocating more theatres to his dubbed Tamil film (Varisu) in Telugu-speaking states, and not providing enough theatres for straight Telugu films (like Chiranjeevi-starrer Waltair Veerayya and Balakrishna-starrer Veera Simha Reddy) which are also releasing for Sankranti 2023 in Telugu.
