Recently, Nata Kireeti Rajendra Prasad stated that, nowadays, thieves and criminals are being lionized onscreen. He cited the example of Pushpa 2. His comments reached Allu Arjun. Rajendra Prasad has revealed a conversation he recently had with Allu Arjun over his recent remarks.
"Allu Arjun told me he thinks I didn't make the remarks attributed to me. I replied, 'Picchoda, I did say those words'. But I didn't get personal, as has been projected on social media. In the age of sensationalism, everything has been projected in a negative light. Recently, I playfully questioned a journalist why he distorted what I had said. He told me he did it for views. I am not someone who makes negative comments against any individual. In Ladies Tailor, I played a creepy fellow. He was a 'vedhava'. My character was not a hero in Appula Apparao and Pekata Paparao. Those were characters woven around the average guys we come across in our daily lives. Allu Arjun understood the spirit behind my comments. He is chilled about them and is not offended," Rajendra Prasad said.