Ram Gopal Varma jokes he is part of ‘assassination squad to kill’ SS Rajamouli, tells RRR director to increase security

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has praised SS Rajamouli for all the accolades he is receiving outside India, and urged him to increase his security, jokingly claiming to be part of an “assassination squad” of filmmakers set to kill the RRR director.

Ram Gopal Varma shared the video of SS Rajamouli’s conversation with Hollywood director James Cameron at the Critics’ Choice Award where RRR won Best Foreign Language Film. RGV shared the post from the official handle of the movie and wrote in a series of tweets, “From Dada Sahab Phalke onwards till now, no one in the history of Indian cinema including @ssrajamouli could have imagined that an Indian director someday will go through this moment. Hey @ssrajamouli U basically SURPASSED every filmmaker from #KaAsif who made #MughaleAzam till #RameshSippy who made #Sholay and also the likes of Aditya Chopras, Karan Johars and the bhansalis of India and I want to suck ur little toe for that.”

He added, “And sir @ssrajamouli, please increase ur security because there is a bunch of film makers in india who out of pure jealousy formed an assassination squad to kill you , of which I am also a part ..Am just spilling out the secret because I am 4 drinks down.”

In the video, Rajamouli and Cameron could be seen in a discussion, as Rajamouli expressed his love for the Hollywood filmmaker’s work saying, “I saw all your movies… Big inspiration. From Terminator, Avatar, Titanic…Everything. Loved your work.”

Replying to this the Titanic director had said: “Thank you. That’s right. Now watching your characters…It’s just like such a feeling to watch them. And the setup… Your fire, water story. Reveal after reveal. And then you show what happened in the back story. It’s like all of them are a homely setup. Why he’s doing what he’s doing and the twists and turns and the friendship and eventually it gets to a point that where he can’t even kill him when the other reverses…It’s just so, so powerful.”

Period drama RRR has been receiving wide critical acclaim ever since it released early last year and has already bagged a Golden Globe and two Critics’ Choice Awards. It is also touted as one of the front-runners to be nominated for the Oscars this year. The film featured Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles while Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgan also had special roles.