Arshad Doubles Down On Kalki 2898 AD Criticism, Calls Prabhas 'Brilliant': When We Give Bad Role...

Arshad Warsi faced a lot of criticism online for his comments on Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD. pan-India film starring Prabhas , Deepika Padukone , Amitabh Bachchan was a smash hit and collected over Rs 1000 crore worldwide. However, on a podcast, Arshad named it amongst one of films that he did t like. Moreover, his remark, "Prabhas looked like a joker" in movie, did t sit well with Telugu star's fans and many in Tollywood.

Appearing at IIFA 2024, Arshad clarified his stance in matter for first time and called Prabhas a "brilliant actor", but seemingly did t change his views about Kalki 2898 AD.

Prabhas has proved himself time and again: Arshad  

Last month in a podcast, Munna Bhai star was asked to name last bad film he watched and he said it was Kalki 2898 AD, 3D sci-fi spectacle directed by Nag Ashwin and starring actor Prabhas . Arshad talked to media about backlash following his comment and also called Prabhas a "brilliant actor".

He said, "Everybody has ir own point of view and people like to interpret ise. I spoke about character, t person. He ( Prabhas ) is a brilliant actor and he has proved himself again and again, and we kw about it. And, when we give a bad character to a good actor, it's heartbreaking for audience."

Arshad faces heat for his comments

Last month, Arshad's comments swballed into a controversy, with many Tollywood celebrities also jumping into matter suggesting he should have chosen his words wisely, tably, Dasara star Nani said that Arshad got most publicity in his career when he commented on Prabhas . However, after backlash, Nani backtracked on his comments and praised Asur actor.

Dil Raju, Sudheer Babu and Ajay Bhupathi also slammed Arshad for his comments on Baahubali actor. Nag Ashwin called for truce later by saying that he would send Arshad's family Bujji toys and strive to make Kalki 2898 AD sequel bigger and better than first part.