Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta called out Telugu producer Naga Vamsi for his ‘disgusting attitude’ towards Boney Kapoor during a round table discussion. In the video, Kapoor was seen discussing the overseas box office market for South films when Vamsi intervened and made his point in a way that many social media users and Gupta described as ‘offensive’.

Sanjay Gupta reposted a segment Galata Plus roundtable discussion on By giving, he has neither become the father of Bollywood nor will he become one. (You will not become the boss of Bollywood by making 4-5 hit films).”

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Taking his earlier ex post further, Gupta highlighted Vamsi’s behavior and questioned him whether he would have the ‘guts’ to speak like this in front of senior South producers like Allu Aravind and Suresh Babu.

“Will they have the courage to sit in front of senior producers like Allu Arvind sir or Suresh Babu sir and talk like this by pointing fingers at their faces? Learn to value respect before success”, he said.

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During the roundtable, Boney Kapoor talked about the hold of South cinema on the foreign market. “Telugu films have a unique market in the US, Tamil films have a unique market in Singapore and Malaysia. That’s a big part of the overseas business. And, the Gulf, of course, is a cosmopolitan region,” he said.

Vamsi interrupted him And added, “There is a huge market for Malayalam cinema in the Gulf.” Producers Archana Kalpathy and Siddharth agreed with him.

Vamsi then directly addressed Boney Kapoor and said that his comments may have come across as harsh. “One thing sir, you have to accept this. This may sound really harsh. We, South Indians, have changed the way you look at (Bollywood) cinema. Because, you guys (Bollywood), for Bandra Stuck in making films and Juhu. You saw the change with Baahubali, RRR, Animal and Jawan.”

Boney Kapoor shook his head in disbelief and said, “It’s not.” Vamsi again interrupted and said, “Sir, after Mughal-e-Azam, you used bahubali and rrr (For example), which were Telugu films. After Mughal-e-Azam you never mentioned any Hindi film.”

Responding to his comments, Boney shared, “On this platform, we can’t talk about every bit of knowledge that we know. We need to talk in broader contexts. When I talk about Mughal-e- Azam, Baahubali and all that, it is not that I have missed those films. But, it is not that Telugu cinema has taught us this.

When Vamsi mentioned that he was talking about programs and mass entertainers, Boney clarified. He said, “It was always there. Even… Pushpa 2 hero said that he is a big fan of Amitabh BachchanHe could have said that he was a big fan of NT Rama Rao.” The conversation continued and Vamsi told that he is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan and Allu Arjun is also a big fan of Chiranjeevi.

Naga Vamsi is the producer of Jersey, Gangs of Godavari and other films.