SS Karthikeya, who came into prominence after working as his father SS Rajamouli’s handyman on ‘Baahubali’, is known for being a multifaceted talent. The young lad is now in news on a ‘cheating’ accusation.
A drone manufacturer and operator based in Hyderabad is reportedly having a tough time procuring his drones and balance payment from Karthikeya. As per his alleged claims, he was hired by Karthikeya’s team to operate drones for Naga Chaitanya’s new film “Yuddham Sharanam”, a film being bankrolled by Vaarahi Chalana Chitram.
He alleged that Karthikeya didn’t give him the necessary time to build and test the drones even though he had specifically asked it. He cited readily unavailability of most of the parts needed to build the drones besides a few other reasons for delay in the work from his side.
“On the last day of shooting, Karthikeya kept my drones, didn’t pay me fully and told me on my face that he didn’t like my work. If he didn’t like my work, why wait till the last day? He has anyway not made the full payment then why keep my drones? Thinking I can’t do anything, he duped me,” the person allegedly said.
Karthikeya on the other hand, reportedly accepted that he has the drones with him and that he hasn’t paid a part of the promised money. “There are so many things that he promised but didn’t do. Even the little work he did, he was too late and we suffered a lot because of his negligence. In fact, I paid him more than what he deserves,” Karthikeya reportedly said. ‘I don’t have any use with these drones, I will anyway give them back to him,’ he added.