Director Ram Gopal Varma has defended ace director S S Rajamouli’s right to say that he does not believe in God, saying Article 25 of the Indian Constitution protects the right not to believe. Ram Gopal Varma’s observations come in the wake of a controversy stirred by a statement of director Rajamouli made during the title launch of his film ‘Varanasi’. During the course of his speech at the title announcement event, Rajamouli had said that he does not believe in God.

Taking to his X timeline on Friday to pen his thoughts on the controversy, director Ram Gopal Varma wrote, “In the context of all the venom being spewed by the so-called believers on @ssrajamouli, they should know that being an atheist in India is not a crime. Article 25 of the Constitution protects the right to not believe.

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