Despite being a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan's portrayal of Ashwatthama in the Nag Ashwin film, Arshad expressed dissatisfaction with Prabha's look. He went on to say that Prabhas should have been created to look like Mel Gibson. The actor has subsequently drawn a lot of criticism from the South Indian cinema industry.

Warshi called Prabhas a "joker" in Kalki during a conversation on "Unfiltered by Samdish," which angered Nani. In Telugu, Nani answered Arshad's statement by saying, “The person that you’re referring to, this must be the most publicity he has got in his life. You are unnecessarily glorifying an unimportant matter.” Although Prabhas's supporters applauded him, several members of the Hindi cinema audience took offense at his comments.

Heeramandi actress Sonakshi Sinha has a huge bucket list of the directors she desired to work with which includes Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Hirani and many more.