On the day Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown Ups’ hit theatres, Ram Gopal Varma shared a post on social media saying that he was watching ‘Dhurandhar’ again. Many netizens saw it as an indirect dig at the Geetu Mohandas directorial. Since then, he has continued sharing similar posts on his X account. Now, his latest post has caught attention, with internet users linking it to the reported slowdown in ‘Toxic’s box office collection.
Did Ram Gopal Varma just take a dig at Yash’s ‘Toxic’ box office failure?
Ram Gopal Varma took to X to share a post about Adolf Hitler, stating that after easily invading Poland, Hitler set out to conquer the world, believing he had become the “biggest superstar.” Netizens were quick to connect the post to Yash, suggesting that Varma was referring to the actor’s rise after the success of the KGF films.He wrote, “When Hitler made it in Germany, easily took over Poland, he started believing that he has become the biggest super star ever, and rocket launched one omega hit in a desire to become an international @rajinikanth…So he launched an all-out attack on the world.”He concluded, stating that there is no hidden meaning in his post. He added, “I swear on all the gods in the whole wide world that there is no hidden meaning in what I said, and I promise this from the innocence in my heart.”Take a look.This isn’t Varma’s first remark linking the two films. Before Toxic’s release was postponed, it was originally set to clash with Dhurandhar: The Revenge in March 2026. Addressing the clash back in February 2026, Varma wrote a lengthy post arguing that Dhurandhar respected its audience while Toxic did not. Part of his post read: “I strongly believe that #Dhuroxic is not about North against South, not Bollywood against Sandalwood. It is actually a brutal clash between two CULTURES, not of regions, but of cinema. The principal difference between the two is that #Dhurandhar respects the audience’s intelligence and #Toxic presumes their dumbness.”
About ‘Toxic’
Directed by Geetu Mohandas, Toxic stars Yash, Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, Tara Sutaria, Rukmini Vasanth, and Huma Qureshi. The film released in theatres on August 26, 2026, and has faced mixed reviews along with reports of declining box office numbers.
