The kind of respect and treatment given by organizers of MAA Cine Awards seems to have severely hurt Mohan Babu bringing forth his rivalry with Chiranjeevi. Yes, Mohan Babu was invited to the function to felicitate K. Raghavendra Rao with Life Time Achievement Award. Interestingly he walked out of the function much before handing over the Award.
Sources say, Mohan Babu isn’t given the due importance as Mega and Akkineni families being the co-owners of MAA TV commanded the show. Even the Anchor hosting this event asked Mega and Akkineni family members to stay back on stage requesting others to leave the main stage when time for main occasion has come. An ill treated Mohan Babu briskly walked out of the venue. On the other side, officials of MAA TV have denied the rumors saying, ‘Mohan Babu Sir left on his personal work. There was no breach of protocol.’ However, those who are aware of Mega and Manchu enmity started to comment in different sense.