Ranveer Singh had reportedly irked the makers of ‘Rakshas’ after he abruptly opted out of the film.
Prasanth Varma says that he’s too busy to spread negativity and his post was not a dig at Ranveer Singh.
Amid rumours that Hanu-Man director Prasanth Varma took a subtle jab at actor Ranveer Singh through a cryptic post on his X account saying “one day you realise every rejection was a blessing in disguise,” the filmmaker clarified that his post was “definitely not targetted at anyone.” Varma and Ranveer were previously set to collaborate on a film titled Rakshas, but the project fell through due to creative differences.
Clearing the air, Prasanth Varma told HT, “It was a very generic feeling I had in the morning and I thought about posting it. I was thinking about the overall journey. Had people not rejected me in my initial years, I wouldn’t have ended up making Hanu-Man. I was feeling grateful because had I done any of the films that I had previously pitched to other actors, had I done those films, Hanu-Man would have never happened.”
Prasanth said that he’s too busy to spread negativity. He said he posts to inspire people, but only 10% got inspired, and the rest tried to connect the dots to something negative. “I try to put up posts to inspire people. That sentence is almost like a quote from which anyone can take inspiration. But on social media only 10 per cent, I think, got inspired and the remaining 90 per cent are trying to (baselessly)connect the dots. It had been quite a while I hadn’t posted anything because whatever you post gets interpreted in a number of ways and you cannot control it. A lot of times I don’t post anything [out of the fear] of being misinterpreted.”
Explaining why he and Singh couldn’t collaborate, Prasanth mentioned it was due to creative differences. “There were differing points of view about making the film. As an actor, I really respect him. And I believe that even he respects my work.” On being asked if he has found a replacement for Ranveer, he said, “Not right now. It will take me time to think of someone else for that film. I haven’t thought of anyone. The film is currently on hold.”
Varma mentioned that despite the project not working out, he and Singh still remain in touch and have a good relationship. “We still talk to each other. It (the film) just couldn’t happen but our relationship stayed,” he said.
