Our ears perked up when we heard this hot goss. At a recent party hosted by a certain filmmaker everyone wants to work with, Ranveer Singh had a rather boisterous discussion about the box-office success of dubbed-in-Hindi movies, with a south Indian filmmaker. The actor reportedly wondered how subjects like Pushpa: The Rise, RRR and KGF are even conceived and what makes the audience go so crazy about them. Giving an example of his Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Ranveer said that Bollywood is telling thought-provoking stories that address relevant issues like female foeticide. He could not fathom how the south Indian films were creating a storm at the ticket windows. At a loss of words to reason with the high-spirited actor, the south filmmaker apparently said that they are all trying to tell different stories, and it is the audience that decides every movie’s fate.

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