Charmee was easy fodder for gossip: Krishna Vamsi

No stranger to controversy, director Krishna Vamsi has always made news for all the wrong reasons. Many of his hard-hitting movies on sensitive subjects have caused communal conflicts in parts of AP as well. The director has managed to rouse the rabble once again with his latest flick Mahatma, for its song Indiramma inti peru kadhu ra Gandhi. The lyrics of the song, based on the Mahatma’s principles, imply that Gandhi is not just the name of Indira Gandhi’s household.


The censor board, which has objected to the lyrics, has instructed Krishna Vamsi to remove the reference to the former Prime Minister from the song. While critics insist that this is just a publicity stunt, the director feels otherwise. “I don’t think controversies help my movies. I don’t need publicity. I make movies to entertain and educate. I ensure that all my movies have a message. In the song in Mahatma, I wanted to convey that Gandhi is not just the surname of Indira Gandhi or the name of a street. It is the name of the great leader whom we’ve forgotten. The censor board felt that people with vested interests might interpret it wrongly. So, I have removed the reference,” he clarifies.


The director is also receiving flak from producers for throwing starry airs. It is alleged that he demands more money than a Tollywood actor. To this Vamsi says, “When directors are responsible for the fate of films, why shouldn’t they be paid well? Moreover, producers are not stupid. They give directors remuneration only according to their worth.”

Controversies continue to hound Krishna Vamsi even in his personal life. A lot has been written about the director’s alleged affair with actress Charmee and his failed marriage with actress Ramyakrishna. Krishna Vamsi, however says he has stopped taking these rumours seriously.

“I can only laugh at them. Some have even used the fact that Charmee stars in most of my films as a testimony to our affair! It’s ridiculous. I also cast Prakash Raj, Lakshmi and Uttej, apart from Charmee. But since Charmee is easy fodder for gossip, she became the convenient target,” he says adding that he and his wife have stopped paying attention to such speculations.“ Ramya loves and trusts me and since she is from the industry, she is used to such rumours. We both are very happy with each other,” he adds.