Bengaluru: National Award-winning film-maker Girish Kasaravalli on Tuesday hit out at BJP MP and actor Paresh Rawal for his jibe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in connection with the row over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the FTII chairman.

Responding sharply to Rawal's remark whether the striking students of the premier Pune institute were seeing an "actor" in Gandhi if Chauhan was, for them, a "political worker", the Kannada director told PTI, "That is a stupid argument... If he (Rawal) says it is wrong, then that person does not understand democracy at all."