Vijay Deverakonda famously claimed in May that Brad Pitt charges 100 times as much for a movie as he does because he makes English language films.

The statement was widely criticised and mocked as a result, with several social media creators joining in. One of the creators, Farhan Balaporia, said on Wednesday that his video criticising the actor was removed at his request, calling him insecure.

In a new video that Farhan posted on his Instagram, he wrote 'an actor took down my video'. Without naming Vijay in the video, he said, "Now, I can't name him or her, but you will probably be able to guess as I tell the story. By the way, when a lion and tiger have a child, it's called a Liger." Liger was the title of the Puri Jagannadh film that marked Vijay's Hindi-language debut, but proved to be a failure at the box office. Later in the video, Farhan took another jibe at the actor, saying, "I have a friend named Arjun who is never ready on time." Vijay shot to national fame with his hit, Arjun Reddy.

"The video that got taken down is basically him saying that Hollywood has bigger budgets because more people speak English, so the actors get paid more, and therefore they're more successful. My reaction was disagreeing with him, telling him that foreign films in different languages on low budgets have succeeded, whereas his own film with a high budget was unsuccessful," he added.

"He'll just take it down again if I re-upload it because there is a clip of him in the reel," the creator said, promising to upload a new version where he will play the actor, and then post the reaction. In the caption, Farhan wrote, "Imagine being so insecure you can't take criticism from a random guy on the internet." Farhan's original video is still up on YouTube.

In the comments, social media users easily guessed the actor in question was Vijay Deverakonda. One comment read, "Oh man. Such an insecure person he is, and I love this sarcasm." Another quipped, "CEO of pettiness." Another added, "He must have said 'I...I...am...a...fighter' while taking down your video (bad Liger Joke)."