During the audio release function of Nara Rohith's Savitri, film star and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna made a few controversial statements about women. Balayya said that his fans won't accept him if he simply does lover boy roles or just woos his heroines and that he either should kiss them or make them pregnant.
Balayya's comments created a huge furore in film industry and political circles and several cases were also filed on him for his derogatory remarks. Witnessing the backlash, Balayya even tendered an apology and clarified that he didn't mean to hurt women with his comments and that he respects women.
Yesterday, Savitri heroine Nanditha Raj took part in a promotional interview and said that what Balayya spoke on the stage was wrong. "For girls, it was not a very nice thing to have heard. He might have said it in a flow, but it made a lot of people on stage uncomfortable," said Nanditha.
