Director Sekhar Kammula���s comments on
Pawan Kalyan have kicked up a huge furore, triggering an online war of sorts as fans and detractors of the Power Star slugged it out on various forums.
���Disappointed, confused.. aa aavesam etu poyyindi���oka anyaanni edurokodaniki maro arrachakaanni aruvu techhukovadam poratam anipinchukodu��� Oka vyakthini gelipinchandi ani cheppadaniki intha avesam akkaraledu��� Kulam matham prantham peruna vidvashalu repi elections lo gelavali ani choose ye vyakti ki gani party ki gani manalni paripalinche arhata ledu...(sic),��� posted
Sekhar Kammula on his official Facebook newsfeed on Friday, giving vent to his disillusionment with Pawan Kalyan.
Translated, the comments read ������where did all that fervor go...fighting injustice isn't about borrowing one evil for a greater evil... if you want to make someone win, there is no need for so much passion... individuals or parties who try to divide people on the lines of caste, religion or region have no right to rule us.���
The filmmaker���s observations had fans of the Power Star up in arms, who flooded the director with spiteful comments calling him names like ��� pseudo secularist, attention seeker, joker etc. ���After reading ur lines i could not stop laugh at you, lol, grow up bro and get well soon,��� retorted one angry fan. ���I never thought you are also the run of the mill secularist,��� wrote another. ���What a hypocrite you are,��� fumed another fan. ���who r u 2 ask to our pavan kalian?��� questioned another.There were many who came round to Sekhar���s point of view and supported what he had posted online.
���I take him very seriously���that���s why the frustration���there is no doubt about his integrity���but you can���t falter on a fundamental issue. Especially after starting your own political party When people are looking at you for direction you can���t just tell them to endorse someone whose secular credentials are suspect,��� clarified Sekhar.