Dirty PR games, story leaks? Was 'Animal' and 'Arjun Reddy' director Sandeep Reddy Vanga hinting at Deepika Padukone and her team?

Animal and Arjun Reddy maker Sandeep Reddy Vanga posted a cryptic tweet the other day, which some assume is a jibe at Deepika Padukone after she supposedly exited his upcoming movie Spirit due to creative differences. The tweet comes in the wake of Vanga confirming that Triptii Dimri will play the female lead of the Prabhas-starrer.

"When I narrate a story to an actor, I place 100% faith. There is an unsaid NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) between us. But by doing this, You've 'DISCLOSED' the person that you are... Putting down a younger actor and ousting my story? Is this what your feminism stands for? As a filmmaker, I put years of hard work behind my craft & for me, filmmaking is everything. You didn't get it. You won't get it. You will never get it (sic)."

Vanga seems to be referring to how the "feminist" actress was putting down Dimri and the story details getting leaked to the entertainment portal Pinkvilla, at the behest of Padukone's team — if it's indeed her team that did it. The article stated that the film will be "A-rated" and "bold sequences" featuring Dimri.

"Aisa karo... Agli baar poori kahani bolna... kyunki mujhe jarra bhi farak nahi padtha." (Do one thing... Next time, reveal the entire story, because it doesn't matter to me one bit," added Vanga in his tweet with the hashtag #dirtyPRgames.

Prior to Dimri's casting, Padukone's name was attached to the project, with all kinds of speculations floating online, from differences concerning remuneration and working schedule issues to language-related restrictions. 

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