A number of cine personalities additionally slammed the minister’s comment on Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu
New Delhi:
Actor Ram Charan on Thursday joined a number of different Telugu stars slamming Telangana Minister Konda Surekha for her remarks linking Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief KT Rama Rao with the divorce of actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Mr Charan, who performed one of many lead roles within the Oscar-winning movie “RRR”, stated the movie business stands collectively and will not tolerate such “reckless behaviour” aimed toward them.
“The statements made by Konda Surekha garu are irresponsible and baseless. Making vulgar public feedback about revered people is surprising, particularly coming from an elected chief who holds public workplace. This sort of slander goals to destroy the basics of our society.,” he stated in a press release posted on X.
“Our personal lives are sacred to us and deserve due respect. We’re public figures, we should uplift, not tear each other,” Mr Charan wrote additional.
— Ram Charan (@AlwaysRamCharan) October 3, 2024
Ms Surekha on Wednesday alleged that KT Rama Rao, generally often called KTR, was the explanation behind Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s divorce in 2021.
Each actors additionally launched separate statements, calling the remarks “completely ridiculous” and asking the minister to be “accountable and respectful of people’ privateness”.
Mr Chaitanya’s father and well-known Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna filed a defamation case towards Ms Surekha, alleging that the minister’s remarks broken his household’s popularity.
A number of cine personalities resembling Chiranjeevi, junior NTR, Mahesh Babu, and Vijay Devarakonda additionally hit out on the minister, who withdrew her remarks on Thursday after a large uproar.
Chatting with mediapersons, Ms Surekha stated she needed to take the names of the actors after she turned emotional over the feedback made by the KTR, the BRS’ working president, about her.
“I needed to criticise him (Rama Rao). I wouldn’t have any private animosity in the direction of anybody. Taking the identify of a household was inadvertent. I felt actually unhealthy after seeing her Samantha’s submit,” she stated.