Recently, Arshad Warsi criticized Prabhas’ performance in Kalki 2898 AD . saying that he was acting like a ‘joker’ in the movie while praising Amitabh Bachchan’s portrayal of Ashwatthama. This comment by Warsi, which was made on the Unfiltered By Samdish podcast, received strong push backs from personalities in the South industry, like actor Sudheer Babu, director Ajay Bhupathi, and actor Nani.
What Transpired? For those who don’t know, speaking about Kalki 2898 AD , Warsi had said, “Maine Kalki dekhi, mujhe toh nahi achi lagi. Mujhe bahut takleef hoti hai jab..
. Amit Ji was unbelievable. I can’t understand that man.
I swear if we got the power he has, life ban jaye. He’s unreal.” Talking about Prabhas, he then added, “Prabhas, I am really sad, why was he.
.. he was like a joker.
Why? I want to see Mad Max . I want to see Mel Gibson over there. Tumne usko kya bana diya yaar.
Kyu karte ho aisa, mujhe nahi samajh mein aata.” Later, reacting to Warsi’s statement, Nani had said , “The person (Arshad Warsi) that you’re referring to, this must be the most publicity he has got in his life. You are unnecessarily glorifying an unimportant matter.
” A post shared by Arshad Warsi (@arshad_warsi) What Did Nani Say Now? Now, in a new interview with Mid-Day, Nani clarified his comments, saying his choice of words were poor. Nahi said, “I saw online when a language is translated into English, how it might sound. That always happens with social media.
.. I had on.