26/11 Special screening: Ram Gopal Varma invites Karan Johar

Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma often engaged in war of words with Karan Johar, has extended a hand of friendship. RGV has invited KJo to watch his upcoming movie The Attacks of 26/11. He will arrange a special screening for Karan here soon.

Ram Gopal Varma told IANS that Karan Johar is one of the prominent filmmakers in the industry. Besides, he is also a good friend and he knows him very well. The Attacks of 26/11 has been a satisfying experience for him after a long time and so he wanted to show it to some of his friends.

RGV and KJo are often engaged in a war of words on Twitter. Now, on the social networking platform itself RGV has invited Karan for the special screening of the movie. RGV wrote on Twitter inviting KJo, "Hey Karan I never ever invited you to see any of my films, but The Attacks of 26/11 is one film I would really like you to see." Varma says he should be holding the screening this weekend.

Over the years, both of them have passed snide remarks over each other on the style of filmmaking. But now Varma clarified his stance by saying, "I have never had any problem with Karan. It is media who has written about all these things. Yes, I might have in a funny way commented, but it was not intended other way."

The Attacks of 26/11 is based on Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. It is co-produced by Alumbra Entertainment and Eros International. The movie stars Nana Patekar and Sanjeev Jaiswal in main roles and is slated to release on March 1.

IANS