Ram Gopal Varma tweets about ‘Hindi versus Kannada’ battle, pits Ajay Devgn’s ‘Runway 34’ against Yash’s ‘KGF 2’ – Times of India

Ajay Devgn and Kiccha Sudeep had a war of words of sort on social media on Wednesday. After the latter commented that “Hindi is no more a national language” at a press conference, Ajay was quick to point out on Twitter, “@KicchaSudeep my brother, According to you if Hindi is not our national language then why do you release your mother tongue movies by dubbing them in Hindi? Hindi was, is and always will be our mother tongue and national language. Jan Gan Man.”

Like the PROOF of the PUDDING is in the eating , the runway 34 collections will prove how much GOLD (kgf2) is ther… https://t.co/wbUsXjonY6

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 1651082234000

Adding fire to this already burning controversy, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma pitted Ajay Devgn opposite Kiccha Sudeep and tweeted, “Like the PROOF of the PUDDING is in the eating , the runway 34 collections will prove how much GOLD (kgf2) is there in HINDI versus KANNADA .. @ajaydevgn versus @KicchaSudeep.” While ‘KGF 2’ is inching closer to Rs 1000 crore at the box office, Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Runway 34’ is slated for release tomorrow.

Clarifying over the controversy, Kichaa Sudeep had further tweeted to Ajay, “Hello @ajaydevgn sir.. the context to why i said tat line is entirely different to the way I guess it has reached you. Probably wil emphasis on why the statement was made when I see you in person. It wasn’t to hurt,Provoke or to start any debate. Why would I sir? I love and respect every language of our country sir. I would want this topic to rest,,, as I said the line in a totally different context.” Responding to the same, Ajay had tweeted, “Hi @KicchaSudeep, You are a friend. thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. I’ve always thought of the film industry as one. We respect all languages and we expect everyone to respect our language as well. Perhaps, something was lost in translation.”