Filmmaker Venkatesh Maha of C/o Kancharapalem (2018) fame, who considers himself to be the craftsman of the greatest classic of the era, has had a spat with social media trolls.
The director threatened that he would initiate legal action against the trolls if his “work was criticised”.
An X user recently taunted Venkatesh Maha for expressing his strong opinions against KGF during a show while lacking talent himself. Replying to the user, the filmmaker claimed that he was being subjected to bullying.
Venkatesh Maha’s tweet reads: “You look incorrigible, and you will never listen. I won’t keep quiet anymore. It doesn’t matter how many films you made. It is the matter of what films you have made. I made some of the greatest films in Telugu and I will make more. If you think you can speak whatever rubbish you would like to, I won’t keep quiet.”
Vodhilesthe maata vinaru ga meeru. Sare chepthunna vinandi yenni cinemalu theesamanedhi kadhu mukhyam Yem cinema theesaam anedhi mukhyam. Nenu garvamga cheppukuntunnanu I made some of the best films in Telugu and I will make more. Urukuntunnanu kadha ani pichchi pichchi ga… https://t.co/pHwmU4Zsur
— Venkatesh Maha (@mahaisnotanoun) December 11, 2023
While the audience who liked his masterpiece Care of Kancharapalem vouched for him and extended support to the director’s call #letsfightcyberbullying, a few netizens made fun of his act.
They wondered why Venkatesh Maha boasted himself to be the greatest filmmaker of Telugu cinema. A few termed his statement as utter nonsense and wondered how a director could contemplate taking legal action merely because someone labelled him as talentless.
As a director and creative producer, Venkatesh Maha helmed only two films in the last five years. In a rather amusing statement, he emphasised that quality holds more significance than quantity.
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