Abhilash Joshiy, son of veteran director Joshiy made his debut with Dulquer Salmaan’s most-hyped movie King of Kotha (2023) which received mixed reviews.
A YouTuber, in his review, made objectionable comments about King of Kotha. He said Dulquer Salmaan’s smoking style in the movie was more like “licking a lollipop”.
On 18 September, Abhilash Joshiy posted pictures of Kamal Haasan from Vikram (2022) and Arjun Sarja from Leo where the two are seen smoking. He captioned his post: “Lollipop???”.
While a few netizens supported the director, others criticised him for his “immature behaviour”. The fans of Vijay and Kamal Haasan took objection to the filmmaker’s post.
“My post was aimed at the negative review system in Mollywood. But sadly, it’s gone off target to Vjay and Kamal Haasan’s fans. I don’t know why they have an issue with my post.”
He said he was sad that the negativity was coming from within the industry. “I don’t degrade others’ work. An industry can grow only if all films do well,” the director asserted.
“Sadly, we have opposition from within the industry. Paid reviews by ‘top reviewers’ are taken at face value by the audience. The purposeful degrading of movies should stop.” He added.