Complaint against RGV for sexist tweet, director apologises
- Facing criticism, the filmmaker apologised saying he was "just expressing my feelings".
- A complaint has been filed against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma by Ranaragini
Facing criticism, the filmmaker apologised today saying he was "just expressing my feelings".
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Varma, who is not new to social media feuds, had tweeted yesterday, "I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives."
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The complaint said Varma has gravely insulted women with his tweet.
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Ranragini, which has an affiliation to Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, filed a complaint with Mapusa police last evening with its local office-bearer Vishakha Mhambare demanding that Varma be booked under Cyber laws and section 292 of IPC.
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This evening he put out a series of tweets apologising. "Was just expressing my feelings but I apologise to all who were offended due to my unintended insensitive tweets in context of women's day," Varma said.
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"My apology is only to those who genuinely got offended and not to those who ranted for publicity nd threatened to take law into their hands," he added.Â
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Earlier in the day, the director also got into a war of words with NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad on Twitter.
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Awhad asked Varma to apologise or "face the consequences, we don't mind taking law in hand (sic)."
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To which, the director replied, "If you don't apologise to the threat of taking law into your own hands, will formally register complaint, so let me know. Please note."Â
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Meanwhile, Congress too demanded that the Maharashtra government and State Women's Commission file a FIR against the filmmaker for his "sexist" remarks.Â