Rana Daggubati's sassy dig at Ravi Teja's Mr Bachchan sparks outrage! Director Harish Shankar hits back

Rana Dagubbati along with Teja Sajja recently hosted IIFA Utsavam Awards 2024 and cracked many jokes at the Telugu and South Indian film industry. As the clips of the same have emerged on social media, it has caused massive outrage among fans - with some even demanding Dagubaati to apologise. Amid this, director Harish Shankar has responded to the actor's dig at his Ravi Teja starrer film Mr Bachchan. Here's what happened.

Rana Daggubati's joke about Ravi Teja's Mr Bachchan didn't go down well at IIFA Utsavam Awards

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At the show, Rana cracked a joke as she said, "Bachchan garu ki ee year highest high and lowest low kuda chusaru. (Amitabh Bachchan has seen the highest high and lowest low this year)." To this, his co-host Teja Sajja asked him, "Highest high Kalki. Lowest low enti. (The highest high is Kalki 2898 AD, what is his lowest low?)"

To this, Rana responded, "Ade monna release aindi ga, Mr... (The film that recently released, Mr...)" hinting at Mr Bachchan. Teja stopped mid-way from revealing the name of the movie. However, everyone understood he was talking about Mr Bachchan, a remake of Ajay Devgn starrer Raid.

Harish Shankar hits back

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Now, the director of the film Harish Shankar has responded. As fans who took offense on this joke tagged Shankar, he took to Twitter to write, " Enno¡­vinnanu tammudu... andulo idoti. Anni rojulu okela undavu. Nakaina... evarikaina... (I have faced a lot, brother. This is also one of those moments. All days won¡¯t stay the same. Be it for me or anyone else.)"

Rana Daggubati's joke about Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pushpa 2

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Several other clips have revealed how the hosts joked about several others including Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pushpa 2. They mocked HanuMan's success over Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram during Sankranthi. Rana also pointed out that Samantha Ruth Prabhu went from being his "sister-in-law" to "sister". They also joked that with so many delays in the release of Pushpa 2, it should rather be called, "Pushpa too late."

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About Adipurush, they quipped that although the makers left a seat empty for Lord Hanuman in every theater, even he might have preferred to watch it on OTT. They added that MAA President Vishnu Manchu might ask them to delete their comments within 48 hours, referring to his earlier warning to trolls.

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