Two days after a Tamil comedian named Manoj Prabhakar made derogatory comments on Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu and his acting skills during his interaction in an event, Movie Artists Association (MAA), the apex body of Telugu film industry, has strictly condemned and sought the intervention of Nadigar Sangam to take stringent action on him. 

As the video in which Manoj was seen making mockery of Mahesh Babu’s performance in Spyder went viral in social media, there has been huge backlash among Telugu audience and Mahesh Babu fans in particular who demanded a public apology for the offensive remarks. 

MAA has written to Nadigar Sangam stating that the comments made by Manoj are utterly shocking and ridiculous. It asserted that the comments are likely to have strain on the friendly relationship between the Telugu and Tamil film industry. MAA requested to enquire and take strict action against Manoj for those comments.