Pawan Kalyan commands a huge army of devoted fans who don’t spare anyone if they made comments against their favorite hero. Even Allu Arjun wasn’t spared for his ‘Cheppanu Brother’ comment against Pawan. Now, Pawan fans are engaged in an alleged feud with noted film critic Mahesh Kathi, who became popular post his stint in Bigg Boss.
All this fuss started when Mahesh made comments on Pawan’s choice of films, and his political career. He said that he never considered Pawan as a star and that he was only taking advantage of his fan base. He questioned how could Pawan contest in the elections without any agenda. He criticized the actor-turned-politician for being active only on Twitter and not doing anything constructively in reality.
Those comments made fans so furious that they made a scathing attack on him on social media. In response to the alleged virtual attack by Pawan’s fans, Mahesh posted on Facebook that they were coming after him only because of their sadism and insecurity feeling. Hitting hard further, he said that while the fans of other stars aren’t taking his comments seriously, Pawan’s fans are acting like maniacs.
After being inundated with abusive and threatening messages from Pawan’s fans, Mahesh chose to appear on a popular channel to talk over phone with the fans. During this live programme, Kathi was severely warned by fans, with a few fans alleging that somebody hired him to defame Pawan Kalyan. Some fans even threatened to beat him up.
Mahesh said that he would file cases on all the fans who warned him.