Why did Ram Gopal Varma call Rajinikanth's fans dumb?

Ram Gopal Varma may be back in the scheme of things with the trailer launch of his upcoming film, 'Veerappan', on Monday, but not without courting controversy

Ram Gopal Varma may be back in the scheme of things with the trailer launch of his upcoming film, 'Veerappan', yesterday, but not without courting controversy.

Photos: Ram Gopal Varma, Lisa Ray at 'Veerappan' trailer launch

Ram Gopal Varma. Pic/Vedant Mane

His barrage of recent tweets about South icon Rajinikanth has landed him in a soup. Ramu tweeted, "He is a bad looker, doesn't have 6 packs, short with a disproportionate body n knows just 2 nd half dance movements... Nowhere in world a man who looks like this can be SuperStar. I wonder what he did to God that God did this to him."

Video: Watch the trailer of Ram Gopal Varma's 'Veerappan'

Since then Thailava's fans have been going berserk berating Ramu for his comments. Yesterday, RGV replied, "Dumb fans of Rajni who dint realise my tweets r compliment shud realise Rajni himself makes fun of himself." Next is what?

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