Animosity between Baabai Balayya and Abbai Jr NTR has took a turn with the former's stunning comments about opponents the other day at "Lion" audio launch. "Balakrishna tho pettukuntey.. chitti elukulaina, chirutha pululaina… maadi masi ayipothay", said Balayya, sending jitters into tinsel town. Whom did he target as Chirutha Puli if not Jr NTR?

Fans and admirers of the mass-star widely believe that those comments are targeted at Jr NTR. We all do know that the turf between Balayya and NTR is not well from couple of years and it will ignite to a forest fire even if a small match-stick lights it. Sometime back, Junior rejected Telugudesam outright by claiming that he will be part of party established by Sr NTR, but never really took part in election rallies for 2014 general election. Due to those differences, Junior was not invited to marriage and other functions at Balayya's house. Some say that Balayya has given enough chances for Jr NTR to reconcile the differences, but never the youngster used those chances.

Not stopping there, Junior went against Balayya by allowing his friend and guide Kodali Nani to join YS Jagan's fold and make serious allegations against Telugudesam, Chandrababu and Balayya. Irritated with these happenings, Balayya decided to not entertain Junior any further, and sealed chances with his ferocious comments. In a way, that severed all ties between Jr NTR and Nandamuri family, though the likes of Kalyan Ram have claimed earlier that at any given day Nandamuri family will unite despite internal clashes.

All these developments have pushed fans into a spot, as they couldn't decided if they have to support both Balayya and Junior, or move with Balayya and leave Junior alone or vice versa. Looks like peacemaker Chandrababu should jump into scene if he feels need to solve this Balayya-NTR crisis, else it is tough to smooth out this strained relation.