India, Nov. 22 -- Debutant director Keerthiswaran has recently garnered praise for his debut film, Dude, starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju. However, the filmmaker is now facing criticism for his response to an influencer's criticism of his film. Here's what happened.

An influencer named Roshini Karthikeyan shared a screenshot of her conversation with Keerthiswaran on her Instagram stories, which has now been deleted. However, it is now circulating on X (formerly Twitter) how Roshini sent Keerthiswaran her criticism of Dude, and he replied, "(laughter emojis)...go and have some life rather than sliding into my DMs."

Sharing the screenshot of the message on her stories, Roshini claimed, "After watching the film and a short in...