Nandamuri Balakrishna is one of the A-list actors in Telugu cinema, who can pull off any role he chooses to play. Balakrishna is a star, who paves his own way, and some of his admirable masterpieces are 'Samara Simha Reddy', 'Narasimha Naidu', and 'Legend', to name a few. Balayya’s versatile acting skillset in various genres have brought him applause from the critics. Be it his outstanding delivery of dialogues or expressions, Tollywood fans adore and appreciate him.
One of his latest outstanding performances is seen in Gopichand Malineni’s 'Veera Simha Reddy'. However, Balakrishna got massive flak for being 'disrespectful' towards the late legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. During the success bash of 'Veera Simha Reddy', Balayya made some disrespectful comments towards late legendary actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao and SV Ranga Rao. A video has been going viral wherein Blayya refers to the late Akkineni Nageswara Rao, saying, 'Akkineni.. Thokkineni' went viral on social media. Netizens are not liking the behaviour of Balayya towards Nageswara Rao and SV Ranga Rao. They found it disrespectful.
And now, Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Akhil addressed Balakrishna over disrespectful comments about their grandfather Akkineni Nageswara Rao. They both jointly released a statement that read, "Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao garu, Akkineni Nageswara Rao garu and S.V Ranga Rao garu's creative contributions have been the pride and pillars of Telugu Cinema. Disrespecting them is degrading ourselves."
All India Akkineni Fans Association President Sarveswara Rao responded to this controversy. He said, ''Earlier, Nandamuri Balakrishna said that Akkineni Nageswara Rao is like a father to him. A success meet was held on his death anniversary (22nd January), and Balayya did not even know what he was talking about on the stage. It does not make sense to talk disrespectfully about great actors like ANR garu. Did Akkineni Nagarjuna ever talk in the same way about Nandamuri heroes?,'' Sarveswara Rao demanded an apology from Balayya.
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