Ram Gopal Varma says large Hindi producer thought ‘north viewers will puke on Pushpa man’s face’ | Bollywood

Feb 12, 2025 07:47 PM IST
In a latest interview, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma additionally joked that the producer who made the remark ‘have to be having nightmares now’.
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has been candid in praising Sukumar and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa: The Rise and the latest Pushpa 2: The Rule. In an interview with Pinkvilla, the filmmaker recollected how a giant Hindi producer disregarded the Telugu movie, joking that he ‘have to be having nightmares now’ after Pushpa’s success. (Additionally Learn: Ram Gopal Varma says he is not sure if Rajinikanth is an efficient actor: ‘I don’t know if he can exist with out sluggish movement’)
Ram Gopal Varma on Pushpa
RGV said that he doesn’t assume ‘anyone’ in Bollywood may make a movie like Pushpa 2 due to the differing sensibilities. He mentioned, “I don’t assume anyone could make one thing like Pushpa 2 in Bollywood. Not as a result of they’re not able to it however as a result of they don’t assume like that. I don’t need to identify the producer…he’s fairly a giant producer. He instructed somebody I do know when Pushpa 1 got here and he noticed the movie. He mentioned the north viewers will puke on this man’s face.”
The filmmaker then clarified that the remark wasn’t in opposition to Arjun per se, however in opposition to the character of Pushpa Raj – a daily-wage works who rises ranks to grow to be a pink sanders smuggler. “Why did he say that? I don’t assume it has something to do with Bunny (Allu Arjun). It has to do with the character, as a result of he likes guys with six-pack and tremendous handsome. He have to be having nightmares now. It’s a sensibility distinction,” he mentioned.
Previous reward for the movie
Ever since Pushpa 2 was launched, RGV has praised it. He wrote on X (previously Twitter) after watching the movie, “This can be very uncommon that Indian movies have sharply etched characters and it’s much more uncommon {that a} star himself will ignore his personal picture and actually grow to be the character. Seeing a personality like PUSHPA is a type of extraordinarily uncommon occurrences ,that as a viewer I really believed {that a} character like Pushpa can actually exist in actuality.”
Pushpa 2 was launched in theatres on December 6 final 12 months and have become the highest-earning Indian movie of 2024. Based on the filmmakers, it collected greater than ₹1831 crore worldwide.

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