Earlier this week, South cinema superstar Mahes Babu incited a controversy by stating that he’s not willing to ‘waste his time’ in Bollywood films, as the industry simply cannot afford him.
The actor was quizzed about his Bollywood prospects during a recently held press conference for his latest film, which is when he made the remark – fueling further fire to the ongoing South cinema VS Bollywood debate.
While opinions remained divided, with some siding with Mahesh’s stance in dissing Bollywood and others pointing out that it sounded very arrogant, Mahesh Babu remained unfazed and stuck with what he had to say.
Days after the controversial remark, Mahesh Babu’s recently advertisement for a Paan Masala brand, in which he was seen alongside Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff – has been resurfaced, giving netizens a reason to troll him.
Here is how people have responded:
1)
Just saw many trolling and abusing Bollywood starts on their endorsement of Vimal Pan Masala but if I am not mistaken many of the starts in South India too have endorsed such Pan Masalas just that they never faced such criticism.
Mahesh Babu is no difference.
Tiger Shroff too. pic.twitter.com/vS1sDZ0xzB— Aman Gupta (@imamangupta07) May 11, 2022
2)
@urstrulyMahesh bollywood can’t afford u but pan masala brand does 🤭😂😂 pic.twitter.com/CI7Lkqij1d
— SAMBIT ASH 🇮🇳 (@SAMBITASH2) May 11, 2022
3)
A Pan Masala Company Can Afford @urstrulyMahesh but Bollywood Cannot 🤣🤣
— Sourav Gupta (@SouravGupta09) May 14, 2022
4)
I assume only TFI stars like #MaheshBabu are allowed to sell Pan Masala products, while the rest are abused for doing the same. Nice double standards😒 @Its_CineHub
#SarkaruVaariPaata #SVP #PrithvirajChauhan pic.twitter.com/ymuv2Vw1oi— J.P.S (@TheJ_P_S) May 12, 2022
5)
@urstrulyMahesh @NameisNani #Bollywood #MaheshBabu Working in Pan Masala felt like Hollywood …..😇🥴😆 @TheNameIsYash @KicchaSudeep @alluarjun pic.twitter.com/K1rtCbGgcd
— Amit chandra (@raijant) May 14, 2022
6)
@urstrulyMahesh @NameisNani #Bollywood #MaheshBabu Working in Pan Masala felt like Hollywood …..😇🥴😆 @TheNameIsYash @KicchaSudeep @alluarjun pic.twitter.com/K1rtCbGgcd
— Amit chandra (@raijant) May 14, 2022
7)
pan masala ACtor pic.twitter.com/2G9ZW8CnTB
— MyQuoteMyExpression (@Him_Nshu091) May 9, 2022
8)
Bilkul lekin
Mahesh babu ko pan masala afford kar sakta hai is pe naraj bhi— A warrior (@AnjanaKarangiy2) May 15, 2022
Welp!
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