RGV supports Kamal in 'Kannada' controversy, later deletes tweet
Ram Gopal Varma came out in support of Kamal Haasan in the ongoing 'Kannada language' statement controversy. The filmmaker tweeted, "Threats to ban #ThugLife in Karnataka unless @ikamalhaasan apologises, amounts to a new kind of HOOLIGANISM (sic)." However, he later deleted the tweet. Haasan, during an event of Thug Life, had said, "Kannada was born out of Tamil."