India, Nov. 1 -- The entire nation is in shock after the news that a 15-year-old and another student were injured by a chainsaw and are critical after Friday's attack in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district. After the incident, several users on social media questioned whether the recent A-rated films with a lot of bloodshed and gore play a key role in normalising such violence.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma came to the defense of films after several X users posted pictures and videos from recent releases like Animal and KGF to point out how these films show violence without consequence. Ram Gopal Varma wrote, "Blaming films for rise in violence is like , blaming Ramayana for rise in kidnappings."

But the internet was not having the defense, ...