Ram Gopal Varma recently took a dig at Indian filmmakers for thinking lowly of the audiences and also made a comparison between Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Aamir Khan’s Thugs of Hindostan.

In an interview to Galatta Plus, he said, “When you talk about Scorsese, or when you talk about Clint Eastwood, the kind of realism and effectiveness. They are taking up (interesting) subjects, and getting performances that are top-notch. More than anything else, it is their personal attitude which is reflecting in their films.”

He added, “First of all, we don’t make such films. We think of the audiences as dumb. Basically, the kind of cinema they make, and the benchmark there. Imagine what is the benchmark here. All the big (Hollywood) stars come together and make Oppenheimer. And here, all the big stars come together and they make Thugs of Hindostan.”

Ram Gopal Varma's last directorial venture was the Telugu film, Vyuham. He recently had a special appearance in Nag Ashwin’s science-fiction adventure, Kalki 2898 AD.