Iran responds to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic with a scene from Telugu movie.
The Iranian Embassy in Zimbabwe shared a 58-second clip from the film on X, shortly after Trump made the threat during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Directed by Anil Ravipudi, the 2023 film stars Balakrishna alongside Kajal Aggarwal, Sreeleela and Arjun Rampal.
Iran has responded to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic with a scene from Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 2023 action film Bhagavanth Kesari . The post also said Trump and his administration had “recently been watching Bollywood instead of Hollywood”. Trump said.
“Trump talks about annihilating Iran. But he knows Iran is not defenceless,” the embassy wrote alongside the video. The dramatic film sequence appeared to be used by the embassy to underline its message that Iran would not be defenceless in the face of a US attack. There was also a notable error in the embassy’s post. Bhagavanth Kesari is not a Bollywood film but a Telugu-language action drama. “Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival?