<p dir="ltr">Speaking at a session at the 2019 International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Telugu actor Vijay Devarakonda attacked polarised Twitter users, whom he dubbed “twidiots”, who supposedly slammed his controversial two-year-old film ‘Arjun Reddy’.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The source of the social media conversation was a recent interview in which he appeared with actor Parvathy Thiruvothu, among others.</p>.<p dir="ltr">During the interview, Parvathy had attacked the film for the glorification of violence in a relationship, while Devarakonda had said there are more factors influencing a person’s character than films.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The subject was brought up by the moderator of the IFFI session, in which Devarakonda appeared with Rakul Preet Singh.</p>.<p dir="ltr">In response to the question, Devarakonda threw back his head in exasperation and said, “I am irritated and I can’t keep it in. If I keep it in, it will become like one tumour. So, I am irritated with the backstories of the interview we had.”</p>.<p dir="ltr">“I am normally very understanding. I take it very easily and give people the benefit of doubt. I saw that there was a genuine angst and genuine intention behind these questions. But these people don’t know what they are talking about, man.”</p>.<p dir="ltr">“It was all very misplaced. I didn’t mind the question then at all. I love Parvathy. I admire her work. I have been watching her from when I was in undergrad. What irritates me is the social media ‘hadavidi’... As in, people just go nuts, man. Stupid people don’t know what they are talking. Like there are a bunch of idiots everywhere,” the ‘Dear Comrade’ star said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, the actor said he will school such people “tonight”.</p>.<p dir="ltr">He said he had just been “sent” a tweet by a “blue tick Twitterati”. Taking a tangent, the actor then asked whether the Twitter community was not “tweeple” once upon a time.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“They are all twidiots,” he said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“They all want it to be black or white. But the world is not like that, my friends. It’s very grey,” Devarakonda said. </p>.<p dir="ltr">He said film critic Baradwaj Rangan will act as the mediator for his response to such people because he wants a “devil’s advocate”.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Speaking at a session at the 2019 International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Telugu actor Vijay Devarakonda attacked polarised Twitter users, whom he dubbed “twidiots”, who supposedly slammed his controversial two-year-old film ‘Arjun Reddy’.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The source of the social media conversation was a recent interview in which he appeared with actor Parvathy Thiruvothu, among others.</p>.<p dir="ltr">During the interview, Parvathy had attacked the film for the glorification of violence in a relationship, while Devarakonda had said there are more factors influencing a person’s character than films.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The subject was brought up by the moderator of the IFFI session, in which Devarakonda appeared with Rakul Preet Singh.</p>.<p dir="ltr">In response to the question, Devarakonda threw back his head in exasperation and said, “I am irritated and I can’t keep it in. If I keep it in, it will become like one tumour. So, I am irritated with the backstories of the interview we had.”</p>.<p dir="ltr">“I am normally very understanding. I take it very easily and give people the benefit of doubt. I saw that there was a genuine angst and genuine intention behind these questions. But these people don’t know what they are talking about, man.”</p>.<p dir="ltr">“It was all very misplaced. I didn’t mind the question then at all. I love Parvathy. I admire her work. I have been watching her from when I was in undergrad. What irritates me is the social media ‘hadavidi’... As in, people just go nuts, man. Stupid people don’t know what they are talking. Like there are a bunch of idiots everywhere,” the ‘Dear Comrade’ star said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, the actor said he will school such people “tonight”.</p>.<p dir="ltr">He said he had just been “sent” a tweet by a “blue tick Twitterati”. Taking a tangent, the actor then asked whether the Twitter community was not “tweeple” once upon a time.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“They are all twidiots,” he said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“They all want it to be black or white. But the world is not like that, my friends. It’s very grey,” Devarakonda said. </p>.<p dir="ltr">He said film critic Baradwaj Rangan will act as the mediator for his response to such people because he wants a “devil’s advocate”.</p>