Bollywood directors react to Naga Vamsi’s criticism: ‘Some people don’t know real Mumbai’

Producer Naga Vamsi. , Photo Credit: Nagavamsi19/x

Bollywood filmmakers responded to Telugu producer Naga Vamsi’s criticism that the Hindi film industry has not expanded beyond Mumbai. Vamsi shared his views during a roundtable meeting involving producers from various industries.

at the round table Galata Plus YouTube channel, Vamsi tells veteran producer Boney Kapoor that South industries have changed “the way Bollywood looks at cinema”. “You guys (Bollywood) are stuck making films for Bandra and Juhu. you noticed a change bahubali, RRR, Animal And young, He says to Boney Kapoor.

Bollywood directors got angry with Vamsi’s opinion and started doing this x To express your displeasure. “Remain calm, whoever you are. I live in Mumbai and I sleep well,” Hansal Mehta wrote. scam 1992 The director also accused him of borrowing the idea from the hit Hindi web series Lucky Bhaskar, The Telugu hit is directed by Vamsi. He added, “As a producer his latest hit Lucky Bhaskar has borrowed liberally from the Scam series.”

Sanjay Gupta, director of hit films like forks (2022) and alive (2006), condemned Vamsi for “insulting” Boney Kapoor. “Will he (Vamsi) have the courage to sit in front of senior producers like Allu Aravind Sir or suresh babu Sir And talk to them like this by moving your fingers on their face. Learn to value respect before success,” he wrote. ,He will not become the father of Bollywood by giving 4/5 hits. (You cannot rule Bollywood by giving just 4-5 hit films), He added.

Warrior And Pathan Director Siddharth Anand took a dig at Vamsi’s Mumbai comment. “Mumbai has been the city that never sleeps. It’s okay, I think some people don’t know our real Mumbai,” he said.

Sithara Entertainment owner Vamsi hit back at the reactions. Responding to a tweet, Vamshi said, “You don’t need to teach us how to respect elders. we respect bonnie Yes There was no disrespect to Bonnie more than you guys Yes In that conversation. It was a healthy discussion. me and bonnie Yes Laughed a lot and hugged each other after the interview.

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Boney Kapoor disagreed with Vamsi’s views in the round table meeting. “When I mention Mughal-e-Azam, bahubali And all this, it’s not like I miss watching other movies. I know those films. At the tip of my fingers, I can spit out those names. But, that is not what Telugu cinema has taught us. I don’t believe in that,” he said.