In his most recent tweet on Sunday, self-described film critic Kamaal R Khan referred to Kartik Aaryan as the "number 1 superstar" and Ajay Devgn as the "second biggest superstar." He praised Ajay for successfully attracting viewers to the theatres with his most recent film, Drishyam 2. The movie had this year's second-largest opening in Bollywood.

KRK praises Ajay Devgn

Using Twitter, KRK posted on Sunday: "In my opinion, @ajaydevgn is Bollywood's second-biggest super star if he can get people to the theatres to see a dull movie like #Drishyam2. He also supports Pan Masala. Therefore, Boycott Bollywood is merely a play, and such a play won't be able to stop Ajay. @theAaryanKartik is still the top super star."

For me @ajaydevgn is 2nd biggest super star in Bollywood, if he can pull public to theatres to watch a dry film like #Drishyam2. He is endorsing Pan Masala also. Means Boycott Bollywood is also just a drama n Such drama can’t stop Ajay. No.1 super star is still @TheAaryanKartik.

— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) November 20, 2022

There was a time when 3 Khans were on TOP. Waqt Kisi Ka Nahi Hai.

— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) November 20, 2022

In the tweets that followed, he placed Akshay Kumar in third place and wrote’ ““There was a time when 3 Khans were on TOP. Waqt Kisi Ka Nahi Hai (time belongs to none).”

He tweeted the day before.“Finally almost after 3years @ajaydevgn has defeated me. My business prediction of film Drishyam2 has become wrong. Means I am still holding 99.9 percent accuracy record of film business.”

Drishyam (2013) and its 2021 sequel are two Malayalam film series starring Mohanlal and directed by Jeethu Joseph. After they become entangled in a murder investigation, Ajay's Drishyam 2 continues the story of his character Vijay Salgoankar and his family, including wife Nandini (Shriya Saran) and daughters Anju (Ishita Dutta) and Anu (Mrunal Jadhav).

Director Abhishek Pathak discussed creating a successful Hindi adaptation of a south film said, "Drishyam is a loved brand. That film is made for Malayalam audiences. We have to make it for the pan India audience and so the writing has to be that way. The idea was also to make it stand out. The USP of Drishyam is the thrill, the suspense element. You have to use that and make it into your own adaptation so that people will find something new in the Hindi version.”