#9Baje9Minute: Ram Gopal Varma Lights A Cigarette Rather Than A Candle, Gets Trolled For Mocking A Good Initiative

#9Baje9Minute: Known for sparking controversies, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) is back in the headlines. After his April’s fool stunt, the filmmaker yesterday shared a post where he can be seen lighting a cigarette rather than a candle following the #9baje9minute initiative. The video has created a stir on twitter and he is receiving a massive backlash for the same.

Ram Gopal Varma first shared a video of him lighting a cigarette and captioned it as, “9PM”. Few moments later he shared a still from the same video and the caption read, “9 PM

Disclaimer : Not following Corona warnings is far more dangerous than not following government warnings on cigarette smoking.”

Both his tweets attracted a brutal backlash from the twitterati who trolled him for making fun of an initiative that was to offer gratitude to the Corona warriors. Few of the reactions are compiled below: