Ram Gopal Varma Lights A Cigarette Instead Of Candles During 9pm 9min Initiative; Fans Call It ‘RGV Ki Aag’

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is famous for his controversial tweets and often makes headlines with his quirky posts. Recently, he joked that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and later tweeted: “Sorry to disappoint, but now he (doctor) tells me it’s a April Fool joke it’s his fault and not mine.” Fans were shocked and the filmmaker later revealed that he was just ‘bored’. Well, he has managed to stun his followers yet again with his latest tweet.

While the citizens of India switched off the lights at home and lighted candles and diyas to honor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 9pm 9min initiative as a way of showing our unity against the novel coronavirus, Ram Gopal Varma lit a cigarette. That’s right. Along with a photograph and video, he wrote the caption: “Disclaimer : Not following Corona warnings is far more dangerous than not following government warnings on cigarette smoking.”

While some fans found it offensive, others called him a badass and the ‘only source of entertainment in lockdown’. Some even trolled the filmmaker by asking: ‘Sir this is "Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag"?’ A diehard fan of RGV even tagged him as the ‘brand ambassador of corona’. We wonder what his next post will be about. Any guesses?