Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has weighed in on the continuing controversy involving Ranveer Singh, Excel Entertainment, and the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) over Don 3. The director took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his views on the dispute, expressing support for Ranveer Singh and questioning FWICE’s decision to issue a non-cooperation directive against the actor.
Don 3 controversy: Ram Gopal Varma SLAMS “kangaroo court” FWICE over non-cooperation directive against Ranveer Singh; calls the choice “a large PR Disaster”
The controversy began after reports emerged that Ranveer Singh had exited Don 3, resulting in a dispute with producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. Based on reports, the production house alleged that the actor’s withdrawal resulted in losses of nearly Rs 45 crores attributable to pre-production work, location scouting, and other development expenses.
Following the disagreement, FWICE reportedly issued multiple notices to Ranveer Singh, asking him to present his side of the matter. After the actor’s legal team questioned the federation’s jurisdiction over a personal business agreement, FWICE announced a non-cooperation directive against him.
Reacting to the event, Ram Gopal Varma strongly criticized the federation’s involvement within the dispute. In a lengthy post on X, Varma wrote, “BAN ‘FWICE’ and never @RanveerOfficial.”
The filmmaker argued that the difficulty was essentially a contractual disagreement between two parties and mustn’t be treated as an industry-wide matter. “At the guts of this whole matter is a producer claiming massive pre-production losses, but that’s just a personal contractual dispute between two parties prefer it happens in tens of millions of cases on a regular basis and throughout India in all businesses,” he wrote.
Varma further questioned FWICE’s authority to intervene in such disputes, stating, “FWICE is neither a court of legal justice nor a government authorised regulatory body.”
He also claimed that only the parties directly involved were aware of the total circumstances surrounding the disagreement and suggested that any legal issues needs to be resolved through appropriate judicial channels. “Only the disputing parties will know the intricacies about what happened, and so the matter needs to be between them like all other civil matter, and in case one or each appeal to a court, the judge decides the matter,” he added.
The filmmaker further argued that the actor’s skilled standing would remain unaffected despite the controversy. “And here we arrive on the essential point that everybody of their heart knows, including the disputing company, and for that matter even FWICE, that if @RanveerOfficial simply nods a yes, there will probably be a one kilometre long queue of producers outside his house tomorrow morning with cheques ready,” Varma wrote.
He concluded his statement by urging all parties to avoid unnecessary interference in what he described as a civil dispute. “Let’s not poke our unwanted noses right into a civil dispute between 2 parties,” he stated.
BAN “FWICE” and never @RanveerOfficial
The so called “BAN” or non co operation within the type of Gandhiji , will eventually develop into a BIG FAT JOKE on FWICE
This isn’t industry or employee protection, like they’re claiming. It’s only a pure performative muscle flexing , by an…
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 29, 2026
The comments come at a time when the Don 3 controversy continues to generate discussion across the film industry. Earlier, CINTAA Vice-President Padmini Kolhapure publicly voiced support for Ranveer Singh, while CINTAA president Poonam Dhillon suggested that the matter can have been resolved otherwise had the association been approached earlier.
Meanwhile, Ranveer Singh’s representatives have remained silent on the difficulty, stating that skilled disagreements are best handled with maturity relatively than through public speculation. Readers may recall that Bollywood Hungama recently reported that Salman Khan has been attempting to mediate between the parties privately in an effort to seek out an amicable resolution.
As of now, neither Excel Entertainment nor Ranveer Singh has officially commented on the long run of Don 3.
Also read: BREAKING: Ashoke Pandit CONFIRMS, “Farhan Akhtar has asked for Rs. 45 crores from Ranveer Singh after his walkout”; FWICE issues non-cooperative directive against the actor
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