He shared his thoughts on X (formerly Twitter) about the dispute, supporting Ranveer Singh and questioning FWICE’s decision to issue a non-cooperation directive against the actor.
The controversy started after reports said Ranveer Singh had left the film Don 3, leading to a conflict with Excel Entertainment, which is run by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani.
According to reports, the production company claimed that his withdrawal caused nearly Rs 45 crores in losses from pre-production work, location scouting, and other expenses.
After the disagreement, FWICE sent multiple notices to Ranveer Singh, asking him to explain his side.
When his legal team questioned if the federation had the right to intervene in a private contract, FWICE decided to take a non-cooperation stand against him.
Ram Gopal Varma strongly criticized the federation's involvement in the matter.
On X, he wrote, “BAN ‘FWICE’ and not @RanveerOfficial.”
He argued that this was a contractual issue between two parties and should not be treated as something that affects the whole industry.
“At the heart of this whole matter is a producer claiming massive pre-production losses, but that is just a private contractual dispute between two parties, like it happens in millions of cases all the time and all over India in all businesses,” he wrote.
Varma also questioned FWICE’s authority to get involved in such a matter, saying, “FWICE is neither a court of legal justice nor a government authorized regulatory body.”
He added that only the people directly involved knew the full details of the disagreement and suggested any legal issues should be resolved through proper judicial channels.
“Only the disputing parties will know the intricacies about what happened, and so the matter should be between them like any other civil matter, and in case one or both appeal to a court, the judge decides the matter,” he said.
He also argued that the actor’s professional reputation would not be affected by the dispute.
“And here we arrive at the main point that everyone in their heart knows, including the disputing company, and for that matter even FWICE, that if @RanveerOfficial simply nods a yes, there will be a one kilometre long queue of producers outside his house tomorrow morning with cheques ready,” Varma wrote.
He ended his comments by urging everyone to refrain from interfering in what he described as a civil dispute.
“Let’s not poke our unwanted noses into a civil dispute between 2 parties,” he stated.
These comments come at a time when the Don 3 controversy continues to be discussed in the film industry.
Earlier, CINTAA Vice-President Padmini Kolhapure publicly supported Ranveer Singh, while CINTAA president Poonam Dhillon suggested that the matter could have been handled differently if the association had been approached earlier.
Meanwhile, representatives of Ranveer Singh have not made any public comments on the issue, saying that professional disagreements are best handled with maturity rather than through public speculation.
Readers may recall that source recently reported that Salman Khan has been trying to mediate between the parties privately in an effort to find an amicable resolution.
As of now, neither Excel Entertainment nor Ranveer Singh has officially commented on the future of Don 3.
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