Recently, at the pre-release event of Thandel, Allu Aravind said that Dil Raju went through headaches and tasted a surge in the matter of a week. This was in reference to Income-Tax searches at his properties and the stupendous success of Sankranthiki Vasthunam in the same week. Many fans of Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan have since trolled Aravind, saying that he was taking a dig at the failure of Game Changer.
Today, Aravind tendered an apology to Ram Charan's offended fans. "Charan is my one and only nephew. He is like my son. I say sorry to Mega fans," Aravind said.
On the occasion, Thandel producer Bunny Vas lashed out at those who have pirated the Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi movie, saying that even APSRTC buses are playing the movie. "How is this acceptable? We are planning to bring this issue to the notice of Pawan Kalyan garu, who himself was a victim of piracy when Attarintiki Daredi got leaked," Bunny Vas said.