Deepika Padukone has become the talk of the town with controversies related to upcoming South Indian movies. First, she was in the headlines with her ‘demands’ for the Sandeep Reddy Vanga film Spirit starring Prabhas. After the actress backed out of the film, reports of her demands floated everywhere, with many calling them exorbitant. One of the demands was that she had refused to speak dialogues in Telugu.
However, now there is more buzz around the actress, as Atlee Kumar, popular for his action films, announced with a bang that Deepika Padukone has joined the star cast of his sci-fi film AA22xA6 with Allu Arjun. Following this announcement, netizens have roasted Sandeep Reddy Vanga and claimed that he had tried to spread a false narrative about the actress after she backed out from his film, Spirit.
Netizens point out the loophole of ‘refusing to speak Telugu’ in Spirit demand of Deepika Padukone
After Deepika Padukone had backed out from Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit starring Prabhas, and was replaced by Triptii Dimri, reports of her demands made headlines. She had reportedly asked for an 8-hour workday, Rs. 20 crores plus profit sharing as her fee, and had refused to deliver the dialogues in Telugu. While many people supported her demands for strict working hours and good pay given her stardom, the actress’s alleged refusal to speak Telugu dialogues was trolled. People said that there was no logic in saying no to Telugu dialogues when the movie was going to be originally made in this language.
However, Deepika Padukone has joined director, Atlee Kumar of Jawan fame for his sci-fi film with Allu Arjun, known as AA22xA6. Like Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit, this movie is also a pan-Indian film but will be originally shot in Telugu. So, now netizens have deduced that delivering Telugu dialogues was not a problem for the actress. People are also reminded of Deepika’s previous pan-Indian plus primarily Telugu film, Kalki 2898 AD. These two loopholes, given the alleged demands for Spirit, have left the netizens wondering whether the reports of her demands were true. Recently, false reports of Deepika being dropped from Kalki 2 also circulated around. One user on Reddit wrote:
“Naah. This is not about money, She was paid Rs. 20 crore for Kalki. And Spirit ka Bo (box office) prediction is solid. This is not about Telugu dialogues either. She mouthed Telugu in Kalki, Shobhita dubbed. This is about something else…”
Sandeep Reddy Vanga had accused an anonymous actress, allegedly Deepika, of leaking the plot, but netizens asked where’s the plot
Amidst Sandeep Reddy Vanga replacing Deepika Padukone with Triptii Dimri in Spirit, the Animal director had taken to his X (formerly Twitter ) handle and lambasted an anonymous actress for leaking the plot of his movie. He also said that the unnamed actress had ‘put down a younger actor’. Vanga hashtagged the tweet with ‘dirty PR games‘, and given the timing of the tweet, most people deduced that he was accusing Deepika Padukone.
Reddit users, however, are of the opinion that if Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s upcoming film’s plot was leaked, then why is it not public yet? One netizen commented, “What is this leaked plot detail everyone is talking about?? Couldn’t find anything so far!!”, and the reply said, “Hai hi nahi. And if we say anything logical in favour of DP, we are her PR.” Another user wrote that if Deepika Padukone and her PR had leaked the plot, then where was it? Another Reddit user said about Sandeep Reddy Vanga:
“Stop with this bs about making DP the villain. Vanga cannot handle no from an actress and that is the truth. The way she has been maligned for the past few weeks speaks volumes about who has an aggressive PR!”
What are your thoughts on Deepika Padukone joining Atlee and Allu Arjun for AA22xA6, amidst her Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit controversy?
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