India, July 15 -- Filmmaker Naga Vamsi believes actor Vijay Deverakonda's real-life persona doesn't match his notoriety. Defending the actor while promoting their upcoming film Kingdom, Vamsi told Gulte he believes Vijay is 'targeted' and everything he says is being turned into a controversy on purpose. Here's what he said. (Also Read: Brad Pitt's F1 is like a Telugu film, similar to Nani's Jersey, says Naga Vamsi: 'They took a different backdrop')

While speaking about the hurdles Kingdom has to cross, given that director Gowtam Tinnanuri hasn't had a release in Telugu in 6 years after the 2019 Nani-starrer Jersey, Vamsi got candid about the polarising views Vijay seems to invite with every public statement he makes.

"I don't even know ...