Geetu Mohandas’ Yash -starrer Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups was initially scheduled to hit screens on March 19, the same day as Aditya Dhar’s Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge. However, the Kannada film released in multiple languages on August 26 received lukewarm reviews. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma , who was all praise for Dhurandhar, seemed to take a dig at Toxic. (Also Read: Toxic movie review: Yash’s film is a soulless nightmare, a sensory overload that tests your patience )
The Indian film industry would’ve seen a massive clash at the box office earlier this year if things had gone as planned.
KGF 2 was a LOCAL film that aimed at the DUMBNESS in the MASSES and Dhurandhar aimed at the INTELLIGENCE in the MASSES. Dhurandhar 2 and Toxic were supposed to clash at the box office in March, but a few days before release, the Yash-starrer was postponed. The makers stated that they were postponing the film due to the West Asian conflict, which is affecting releases in the Middle East.
“and imagine they were about clash against this movie. yash is actually clever. He knew dhurandhar gonna trash this film left right centre everywhere,” claimed one X user. He also wrote, “The principal difference between the two is that #Dhurandhar respects the audience’s intelligence and #Toxic presumes their dumbness. THAT is exactly why it became GLOBAL. On Aap Ki Adalat recently, Yash spoke about how people believed he was scared of the clash and stated that it was not the reason for the delay. Toxic also stars Kiara Advani , Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria and Rukmini Vasanth.
“Bro is more toxic than #toxic,” joked one X user reacting to his post. “i understood TOXIC is like DHURANDHAR? / watching DHURANDHAR is best than watching TOXIC,” wrote another. “this is called Ragebaiting for Geetu Mohandas,” wrote another.
Others chided him for seemingly taking a dig. “Can understand Audience reacting like that. But atleast have some manner to respect someone hard work and craft who’s filmmaker like as you lol. Better than many shitty movies,” slammed one X user. Stay strong yash fans, this too shall pass,” claimed one X user.
“Yesterday yash fans were hyped and were waiting for SRV and RGV tweets, But the tweet they recieved.
