Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty, who stirred up a storm after he called S S Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR a “gay love story”, has been slammed for his remark by Shobu Yarlagadda, who produced Rajamouli’s two-part epic Baahubali.

It all started when, slamming RRR, actor-writer Munish Bharadwaj tweeted, “Saw 30 minutes of garbage called RRR last night.” Resul Pookutty said, “Gay love story (sic) and @aliaa08 is a prop in that film.”

In response, producer Yarlagadda asked, even if RRR were a gay love story, what’s wrong with it? “I don’t think @RRRMovie is a gay love story as you say but even if it was, is ‘gay love story’ a bad thing? How can you justify using this? Extremely disappointed that someone of your accomplishments can stoop so low! (sic),” he wrote.

In his defence, Pookutty said that he merely quoted an article which described RRR as that. “There was absolutely nothing wrong with it. I merely quoted my friend, the banter that already exists in the public domain and nothing else. There is no stooping factor in this. You don’t have to take it seriously, Shobu. I didn’t mean any offence to any stakeholders. I rest my case here!” said Pookutty.