Was Reacting To The Way It Was Told, I Apologise – Vivek Athreya

An interview of five filmmakers recently triggered a huge controversy after one of them, Venkatesh Maha went overboard to criticize KGF with a rather unwanted choice of words. All of them were facing the heat of trolling and angst from audiences on social media. Nandini Reddy and Venkatesh Maha apologized already.

The director Vivek Athreya also apologized for the way he reacted to the conversation. Vivek Athreay wrote, ‘When you are listening to a conversation or being a part of a conversation for hours, you will react to the way how it goes and sometimes my get carried away, in the interview which was telecasted yesterday I was just reacting to the way it was told, it was neither intentional to hurt anyone nor their work. Be it a commercial film or any kind of film, belittling or demeaning someone’s work does not fall under my intentions or ethics truly, In that case, if I hurt anyone intentionally or unintentionally, I apologize – Vivek Athreya.’

Venkatesh Maha criticized KGF for using ‘Neech Kamine Kutte’ words when he wants to denounce the characterization of the hero in that film. The interview also had Nandini Reddy, Siva Nirvana, Mohan Krishna Indraganti, and Vivek Athreya along with him.