"Big Bollywood director couldn't watch KGF 2 beyond half hour," says Ram Gopal Varma

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• Sep 5, 2022 | Dhupali Das

The director called the Yash-starrer a "ghost" that is "hovering over Bollywood"...

Digital Desk: Yash-starrer KGF: Chapter 2, which was directed by Prashanth Neel, earlier this year broke a number of box office records. However, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma recently shared that a noted bollywood director in the Hindi film industry didn't like the film. He also expressed surprise that a "logic-less film like KGF: Chapter 2" had broken all records.

In a new interview with a news agency, Varma stated that "nobody in the Bollywood industry enjoyed it (KGF 2) and that the Hindi film industry is unsure what to do after its massive success.

He said, "A very big director of Bollywood told me, ‘Ramu, I tried to watch it five times but I couldn’t go beyond half an hour’. He then got back to working on the script for his next film. While arguing over a scene, his scriptwriter reasoned, But this kind of scene worked in KGF: Chapter 2, right?’! There’s a line in Hollywood, ‘You can argue with content, but you can’t argue with success’! Hence, whether or not you liked it, you can’t ignore its success."

The director called the Yash-starrer a "ghost" that is "hovering over Bollywood".  Varma also shared his thoughts on KGF 2, saying that it reminded him of Amitabh Bachchan's action film of the 70s. "It’s not like I didn’t like the film. I can’t get the right word. I would say, I was flummoxed. I was watching with my mouth open. Like, ‘F**k, what?’!," he said.

KGF 2 is not only the biggest Kannada film of all time, but also the biggest Indian film of 2022. The film was released to packed houses on April 14 and created a storm at the box office. The film went on to earn more than Rs 1100 crore worldwide.