Filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who is currently working on Prabhas’s ‘Spirit’, made a cryptic post slamming the ‘dirty PR work of an actor’. In a strong-worded post, he accused the unnamed actor of putting down a younger co-star and outing his story.
His post came days after it was rumoured that actor Deepika Padukone had exited the film due to creative differences. The rumours followed an announcement by Vanga that actor Triptii Dimri had been brought on board as the female lead in the Prabhas-starrer.
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In his post on X, made on Monday, he didn’t name anyone but claimed that an actor had outed his story. He also questioned her sense of feminism. “When I narrate a story to an actor, I place 100% faith. There is an unsaid NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) between us. But by doing this, You’ve ‘DISCLOSED’ the person that you are… Putting down a Younger actor and ousting my story? Is this what your feminism stands for? (sic),” he wrote.
Continuing further, the ‘Animal’ director called out the dirty PR games of the same actor and said he didn’t care about them revealing his film’s story.
“As a filmmaker, I put years of hard work behind my craft & for me, filmmaking is everything. You didn’t get it. You won’t get it. You will never get it (sic),” he added.
The ‘Arjun Reddy’ director ended his message with a proverb, which read, “Aisa karo…Agli baar poori kahani bolna…kyunki mujhe jarra bhi farak nahi padtha (You know what? Go ahead and reveal the entire story the next time. I hardly care).. #dirtyPRgames I like this kahawath very much – Khundak mein billi khamba niche (An embarrassed cat scratches the pole) (sic).”
It was initially confirmed that Deepika Padukone received the fattest pay cheque to play the female lead opposite Prabhas in ‘Spirit’. However, as she made an abrupt exit from the film, several reports suggested that she had differences with the filmmaker over certain scenes, work timings, remuneration and profit-sharing agreements.
Neither Deepika Padukone nor the makers shared any statement regarding the casting rumours and exit.
Instead, the makers announced that actor Triptii Dimri had been roped in to star opposite Prabhas in ‘Spirit’, a cop story. The film is director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s next big venture. He has been working on ‘Spirit’ after the release and resounding success of Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’.
