India, June 28 -- Actor Vishnu Manchu posted a screenshot of a WhatsApp message director Ram Gopal Varma sent to him after watching his recent film Kannappa. The actor-producer claimed to be moved to tears by the message, in which RGV praised Vishnu's performance in the film as Thinnadu. (Also Read: Vishnu Manchu's estranged brother Manchu Manoj calls Kannappa '1000 times better than expected', heaps praise on Prabhas)

RGV began the long message by prefacing that he is not devotional and has never been interested in watching such films. He watched the 1976 film Bhakta Kannappa, starring Prabhas' uncle Krishnam Raju, four times in college, but it was for the actors and the songs.

He then wrote, "As Thinnadu, you didn't just act, but you ...