Don’t fake it!

A still from Game Changer; (right) Ram Gopal Varma

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has criticised the makers of Ram Charan’s Game Changer for allegedly faking box-office numbers. He took to social media, to share, “If @ssrajamouli and @SukumarWritings skyrocketed Telugu cinema in real-time collections into fantastically stratospheric heights, thereby sending legitimate shock waves into Bollywood, the people behind GC [Game Changer] succeeded in proving that the south is much more fantastic in being a fraud.” He added that by inflating figures, Game Changer undermines the success of box-office hits like Baahubali, KGF, Kantara, and Pushpa. The makers of Game Changer claimed the film grossed R186 crore on its first day, while trade sources reportedly stated it opened under R100 crore worldwide.