A day after Uppalapati Srinivasa Rao released a video making serious allegations against renowned director SS Rajamouli, there has been complete silence on the filmmaker’s side. Neither did he deny Srinivas Rao’s allegations, nor did he respond in any manner.
Rajamouli is currently filming the Maheshabu-Priyankaka Chopra starrer’s adventure thriller in Hyderabad. Media and social media kept checking his social media handles to know his version, but the ‘RRR’ director chose to ignore the whole controversy.
In the video, Srinivasa Rao claimed that Rajamouli and his wife, Rama Rajamouli, were responsible for his struggles and hardships. He alleged that they caused distress in both his personal and professional life.
Working with Rajamouli on early projects like Yamadonga, Srinivasa Rao claimed that parting ways with the filmmaker had ruined his life.
He also alleged that his and Rajamouli’s and another person’s story is akin to the in the movie story of “Arya 2.”
Many threads on social media
The controversy has sparked debates on social media. A Reddit thread has seen hundreds of posts discussing Rajamouli’s past love affair.
There has been a flurry of posts about Rajamouli’s character and his family life on X.com.
Rajamouli’s first major controversy about his personal life
As a filmmaker, Rajamouli won global acclaim. Top Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron have praised Rajamouli’s visionary work in “RRR,” and the film won an Oscar award for its song “Naatu Naatu,” a first for Telugu cinema. Rajamouli is India’s number one director, and he has never tasted a single flop.
Although he has faced minor controversies about his films, this is the first time he has faced such wild allegations about his personal life.