Telugu star Anjali, who recently made headlines after being pushed by Nandamuri Balakrishna on stage at a promotional event, has broken her silence.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Anjali shared a video from the event and seemingly downplayed the controversial incident.
Anjali thanked Balakrishna for attending the event and mentioned their 'great friendship.'
‘I want to thank Balakrishna Garu for gracing the Gangs of Godavari pre-release event with his presence. I would like to express that Balakrishna garu and I have always maintained mutual respect for each other and We share a great friendship from a long time. It was wonderful to share the stage with him again,’ she said.
The post did not go down well with social media users. Many called the post ‘damage control.’
‘Too late to defend him now,’ a social media user told her.
‘Too late to tweet this now!’ added another. ‘Feels like a lie dear,’ a comment read. ‘Forced tweet! that’s okay it’s ur choice!! But deep down inside uk what happened !’ another user said.
The makers of Gangs of Godavari also stood by Balakrishna. Vishwak Sen, part of the film, commented, ‘He (Balakrishna) is a kind-hearted person who can take serious matters lightly. We should understand what requires serious attention and what does not.’
Vishwak noted, ‘Everyone is reacting only to a portion of the video; no one saw what happened after (he shoved Anjali).’
Producer Naga Vamsi also defended the actor-politician. ‘Suppose there are three people, suppose I ask you to move and you don’t, so I casually push you. That’s all that happened there. This is happening because people have planned to turn it into a controversy,’ he said. He added, ‘They high-fived each other after, why is no one talking about that.’
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