In Balayya’s yesteryear film Top Hero which released in the 90s, there was a song which goes like – “Beedilu Thaagandi Babulu Thaagi Swargaanni Cherandi Babulu”. Now, Balayya seems to be implementing his screen advice in his real life.
During the closing ceremony of Visakha Utsav, Balayya surprised everyone when he revealed that he smokes a cigar (chutta) every morning for good health and to maintain good diction. While Balayya’s revelation left everyone startled, he goes on explaining the various advantages of smoking and even recited several poems and a few lines from puranas that supported smoking.
Revealing that an elixir drop fell down on the earth and turned into tobacco, Balayya said that Dhritarashtra was blind and that Dashardha was separated from his son Lord Rama since they both didn’t smoke.
Continuing his health discourse further, Balayya said that Lord Krishna lost Jarasandha and King Pandu suffered from Pandu disease only because they didn’t smoke. Finally, Balayya adviced everyone to smoke and attain salvation. Well, in the times when his TDP government is spending crores to caution people about the dangers of smoking, Balayya’s advices are indeed noteworthy.