Ever since the news of Akhil’s rumoured engagement has begun doing the rounds, it seems he has attracted quite a lot of attention. It was no wonder then that at the recently concluded SIIMA awards, his cousin Rana Daggubati made fun of him when he went to collect his Best Debut award.
As he received the award, made a speech and hurried from the stage, he was a bit taken aback when Rana stopped him.
A leading English daily reports that he decided to ask him “a few serious questions”. “How old are you, bangaram,” he apparently asked to a confused Akhil who replied “22…”. Rana replied jokingly, “Look at me, I’m 32 and I have not even thought of marriage yet. Look at that Bunny (Allu Arjun) over there – the day he got married, he forgot all of us his friends. Will you also forget your friends…?”
And that left Akhil embarrassed! “But you aren’t my friend!” replied Akhil, much to the delight of Rana who broke into laughter! Well, well, if we thought the buzz was going to stay till the media only, little did we guess it would reach the big stage!