Oppenheimer: Ram Gopal Varma takes a dig at Indians amid controversy: "I doubt even 0.0000001 % have read Bhagavad Gita'

Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon & Florence Pugh, has had a record-breaking opening weekend with a box office collection of Rs. 60 crores (gross) across 1923 screens (including all IMAX screens). It is the highest opening weekend ever for a Christopher Nolan film and a non-franchise Hollywood film. It also is the highest opening weekend for a Hollywood movie on IMAX screens & the highest opening weekend (Friday to Sunday) for a Hollywood film in 2023. Internationally, India is the 3rd highest in the world following only the US & the UK markets. However, the movie has landed in controversy wherein a scene shows a scripture of Bhagavad Gita during a sex scene. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has taken a dig against Indians and has asked how many have actually read Bhagavad Gita.

Oppenheimer: Ram Gopal Varma takes a dig at Indians amid controversy: “I doubt even 0.0000001 % have read Bhagavad Gita’

In a tweet, Ram Gopal Varma wrote, “Irony is that an American nuclear scientist Oppenheimer read the Bhagwad Geeta which I doubt even 0.0000001 % of Indians read.”

Irony is that an American nuclear scientist Oppenheimer read the BhagwadGeeta which I doubt even 0.0000001 % of Indians read

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) July 24, 2023

Director Christopher Nolan is back with a story about the creation of the first atomic bomb by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Produced by Universal Pictures (distributed by Warner Bros. Discovery), Oppenheimer released on July 21 across theatres in India.