On September 29, an X comment by Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Home Department) CV Anand triggered many fans of Nandamuri Balakrishna. Anand's social media activity showed him use a laughter emoji as a reply for a comment mocking the Akhanda 2 actor. Weeks later, on Monday, Anand explained the issue.
"Just for one emoji, put almost two months ago, I noticed fans of Balaiah garu and his critics getting into a fight with each other and targeting me in the process. The individual handling my socials was not supposed to do that. I had no knowledge of it until today," Anand wrote. He added, "Upon coming to know about this controversy, I deleted that post and found out the details and also messaged Balaiah garu as I have known him for several decades now and also apologised if it hurt him in any way. I have grown up watching and enjoying movies of Balaiah garu, Chiranjeevi garu, Venkatesh garu, Nagarjuna garu and have great respect and friendship with all of them."
Balakrishna's Akhanda 2 is slated to hit the cinemas on December 5.
