Recently, the Tamil remake of 'Arjun Reddy', titled 'Varmaa', was junked by E4 Entertainments because the production house was not happy with the quality of the final cut. E4 said that the entire film will be reshot by a new director. Since then, director Bala has been seen as a failure by many.

Bala has on Saturday issued a statement explaining his version. He says that it was his choice to walk out of the project after E4 expressed its displeasure over the final cut. "I am forced to release this explanation due to the false statement from the producer of 'Varma'. It was my own decision to relieve myself from the project in order to safeguard creative freedom. It was me who initiated the agreement with the producer on January 22," the director said.

He added that he would be putting a full-stop to the issue taking into consideration Dhruv Vikram's (the film's hero and son of Vikram) future.