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Producer Naga Vamsi has touched the raw nerve of many filmmakers in the Hindi film industry with his recent remarks at the Galatta Plus Producers’ Round Table. Vamsi claimed that the South Indian film industry has significantly influenced Hindi cinema, pushing Bollywood filmmakers to break free from their pigeonholed approach to storytelling. He also pointed out how “Mumbai didn’t sleep” after Pushpa 2: The Rule earned “over Rs 80 crore in a single day.” However, his comments have drawn criticism, with filmmaker Hansal Mehta calling Vamsi “arrogant” on social media. Hansal also alleged that Vamsi’s recent hit Lucky Baskhar borrows from his acclaimed Scam series.
Hansal wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Since this person Mr Naga Vamsi was being so arrogant and now that I know who he is: His latest hit as a producer Lucky Baskhar has borrowed liberally from the Scam series. Reason I brought this up is that I feel happy that stories travel and a film in another language succeeds in replicating what has worked for us.”
He also added, “Everybody wins. Nobody is bigger than the other. That narrative is destructive. Arrogance is even worse. To all those haters coming at me on my TL – see you in 2025.”
Hansal had also responded to Vamsi’s comment about Mumbai losing sleep over Pushpa 2’s box office success. He wrote, “Chill, dude, whoever you are… I live in Mumbai. Been sleeping really well.”
During the roundtable discussion, Boney Kapoor, who was also present, got into a heated exchange with Vamsi, vehemently disagreeing with his assertions. Vamsi had remarked, “This might sound harsh, but we South Indians have changed the way you look at cinema — even for Bollywood. Because you guys were stuck in making films for Bandra and Juhu. But now, with films like RRR, Baahubali, Animal, Jawan, etc., these have kind of changed your version.”
In response, Boney Kapoor refuted the claim, saying, “I don’t believe that. It was always there. Even the hero of Pushpa 2 has said that he is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan,” adding, “The barrier is never a language. Barrier is- what is good, what is bad. And what people digest is something which I feel is good. Whether it’s Telugu cinema, Tamil or Hindi cinema. It may be anything. Today, Marathi films are doing Rs 100 crores.”
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