From a very long time, there was an unproved rumor on Balayya slapping Raviteja at a film function. But, this is in the way past and no one remembered it till date. Whenever a film of Raviteja was slated for a competitive release with Balakrishna’s movie, their rivalry used to hit the headlines in web media. This time, the chance was for Raviteja to sketch a new plan and director Gopichand Malineni helped in accomplishing it with ‘Balupu.’
There is a well written episode on Raviteja motivating the patients in a hospital with heroine Anjali as the working doctor. When Raviteja is requested to honor a speech for boosting the morals of patients, our Mass Maharaja exactly imitated the confusing and stammering speech style of Balakrishna. This could have pleased the audience in theatres but for Nandamuri fans, this is not good on the part of Raviteja. Definitely, there will be a controversy to brew up very soon.