Naga Chaitanya reacted to Nandamuri Balakrishna's remark on his grandfather, legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. "My father...had contemporaries...Ranga Rao, Akkineni, Thokkineni," Balakrishna said. "Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao garu, Akkineni Nageswara Rao garu, SV Ranga Rao garu's contributions have been...pride of Telugu Cinema. Disrespecting them is degrading ourselves," Naga Chaitanya said.