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Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi has faced a lot of backlash ever since he said that Prabhas was like a 'joker' in Nag Ashwin's sci-fi Kalki 2898 AD.

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Warsi's comment garnered a lot of attention, and several fans of the Rebel star have called him out for his views on the actor's performance. Several A-listers from the film fraternity have strongly reacted to Warsi's comment. And, the most recent one was by Telugu actor Nani. 

What Nani has said about Warsi's comment?

During an event for his film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram, Nani was asked about his views on Arshad's comment, which had created quite a buzz on social media. 

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Without mentioning any of the actor's name or the movie, the Hi Nanna star slammed Warsi's comment, saying that he had got the 'most publicity' of his life because of his comment on Prabhas.

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“The person that you’re referring to, this must be the most publicity he has got in his life. You are unnecessarily glorifying an unimportant matter,” Nani quipped. 

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However, now Nani's comment has received a lot of backlash from Arshad's fans, who trolled the Telugu actor, by mentioning the iconic career of Arshad and his evergreen characters. 

Mentioning Warsi's character, Circuit, from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), a social media user slammed Nani's comment by writing, “I like nani as an actor but this statement is just very stupid and arrogant also arshad warsi as circuit in munna bhai > whole career of nani.”

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Another angry fan wrote: ''#ArshadWarsi was right what he said about Prabhas.. I couldn't tolerate his part at all.. However this has instigated some south actors, #Nani with all due respect I loved your acting skills and range but not 10% of people outside South india know you,arshad is known all over india.''

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Another fan wrote, “Only Arshad “Circuit” character is greater than entire career of #Prabhas and #Nani. Rest, if I include Arshad performances in Dhammal, Hulchul, Golmaal or JollyLLB, then Nani will consider retiring ✋.”

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When Arshad said Prabhas was “like a joker” in Kalki 2898 AD

The controversy began when Arshad shared his views on Prabhas's performance in the sci-fi thriller. During his chat on 'Unfiltered by Samdish', the actor said that Prabhas “like a joker” in Kalki 2898 AD. 

“I am really sad. Prabhas was like a joker. I want to see a Mad Max. I want to see Mel Gibson over there. Tumne usko kya bana dia yaar. Kyu karte ho aisa? Mujhe nahin samajh mein aata (What have you made of it? Why do they do such things? I never understand),” he said.