Ram Gopal Varma stirs up controversy as he lights cigarette instead of a candle

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A few days back, filmmaker 

Ram Gopal Varma

 was making headlines ‘prank’ on April Fool's Day. Now, he made it to the top of the entertainment trends for his recent 

tweet

. 

Yesterday, our entire nation lighted diyas, 

candles

 and torches lighted diyas to take a part in #9pm9minutes initiative by PM Modi. He requested people to light up diyas and candles at 9 PM on April 5th for 9 minutes. Ram Gopal Varma shared his video of lighting up cigarette, wrote “9 PM Disclaimer: Not following Corona warnings is far more dangerous than not following government warnings on 

cigarette

 smoking”

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Several celebrities including 

Rajinikanth

, Amitabh Bachchan, 

Akshay Kumar

, 

Alia Bhatt

, Karan Johar, Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone have shared photos and videos of themselves lighting up candles.

[01/04, 5:56 PM] Sdar:


[01/04, 5:57 PM] Sdar:

On 1st April, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma tweeted that he tested positive for the deadly virus. His tweet caused panic and tension among his followers on social media. Soon after this tweet, the 'Satya' director posted another tweet where he mentioned that it was just an April fool’s joke. “Sorry to disappoint, but now he tells me it’s a April Fool joke it’s his fault and not mine”. Later, he was brutally trolled by the netizens on social media for joking about COVID-19.