A war of words has broken out between Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah over the former's controversial tweets on Indian cricket team's defeat against Australia in Thursday's World Cup semi-final match.

Varma, who has been facing tough times in the film industry after giving back-to-back flop films in the recent years, has kicked up a storm by tweeting that he is happy that India lost the crucial match.

In a series of tweets after India’s defeat in the Cricket World Cup 2015 at the hands of Australia, the filmmaker tweeted:

Addiction of Alcohol and cigarettes only does limited and mostly personal harm but addiction to cricket is a national disease

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 26, 2015

I request the other countries teams to defeat Indian team again and again till it stops playing and Indians stop watching and start working

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 26, 2015

I wish and pray to all Gods of my country to cure my country men of this dangerous disease called cricketitis

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 26, 2015

I hate cricket because I love my country and cricket makes my country men most non productive because they stop working and start watching

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 26, 2015

I am sooooo happyyy India lost because I hate cricket..nd if there's anything I hate more than cricket then it's people who love cricket

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 26, 2015