A Pawan Kalyan-Actor Karthi Spat Over Tirupati Laddoo Row, Then An Apology

The Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister has accepted Mr Karthi's apology.

A misunderstanding between Tamil Actor Karthi and actor-politician Pawan Kalyan over a comment on the alleged adulteration of Tirupati laddoos has now come to a close. Mr Kalyan, who is the Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and chief of the Jana Sena, has accepted Mr Karthi's apology and wished him luck for his upcoming film, and the actor and his brother Suriya Sivakumar have thanked him.  Dear @PawanKalyan sir, with deep respects to you, I apologize for any unintended misunderstanding caused. As a humble devotee of Lord Venkateswara, I always hold our traditions dear. Best regards. Thank you for your hearty wishes dear sir!

On Monday, Mr Karthi was attending an event in Hyderabad when he was asked to react to a few memes, including one on laddoos. With the controversy surrounding Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's allegation that animal fat had been used to make the famed Tirupati laddoos under the previous YSR Congress party government in the state still raging, Mr Karthi had said laddoos should not be discussed now because it is a sensitive topic.

Mr Kalyan, who is allied with Mr Naidu's TDP as part of the NDA alliance in the state and at the Centre and is undertaking a 'Prayaschitta Diksha' (penance for atonement) over the adulteration, had taken offence to the actor's remark.