After uproar over sexist' tweet on Sunny Leone, Ram Gopal Varma finally apologises

Mumbai: While Ram Gopal Varma often makes controversial statements on Twitter and gets trolled for them, this was perhaps the first time where politicians and a woman organisation also slammed the filmmaker.

On the occasion of Women’s Day, Varma had tweeted, "I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives."

While Varma went on justifying the reason behind his tweet, the filmmaker was heavily slammed on social media for the ‘insensitive’ comment.

Later, a women’s organisation Ranragini, which has affiliation to Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, filed a complaint against RGV. He also got into a spat on Twitter with NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad who asked him to apologise for his comments. Even BJP MLA Ram Kadam warned him of ‘consequences’ if he did not apologise.

While Varma had earlier tweeted that he would file a counter complaint against the one filed by Ranragini, he finally took to Twitter to apologise for his tweet calling it ‘unintended insensitive’ tweets. He also added that the apology was only for the ones who were genuinely offended and not for the ones who ‘ranted for publicity’ or threatened to take law into their hands.

Will the filmmaker be more careful with his tweets next time onwards?