EXCLUSIVE: Major actor Adivi Sesh reacts to Mahesh Babu’s ‘Bollywood can’t afford me’ comment

The movie Major, featuring actor Adivi Sesh, produced by Mahesh Babu, was released in theatres on Friday, June 3. The movie has received a warm response and is currently riding high on positive reviews. Mahesh Babu recently made headlines after his ‘Bollywood can’t afford me’ comment during an event of the movie Major.

Major actor Adivi Sesh sat down with us for chat during the promotions of his movie. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Adivi Sesh opened up about the ‘Bollywood can’t afford me’ comment made by Mahesh Babu. He shared his thoughts on the same.

Reacting to Mahesh Babu’s ‘Bollywood’ comment, Adivi Sesh said, “I think, a lot of us, especially who are familiar with Mahesh sir’s humour, know that he said it half in jest. And also, what does it also mean.”

 

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He further added, “The moment they put it up as a headline, is what it sort of created these flames. Aur mujhe yeh bhi lagta hai ki woh flames bahar public ko farak nahi padta hai. And that’s all it was. I don’t think the Major team ever felt the need to give a clarification.”

The Major actor continued, “On the contrary, I kid you not, even after that, we’ve gotten so much love. People have said, ‘Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan ki kahani, we’re really looking forward to it’. And today, for the first time in my career, people are saying, congratulations, instead of good luck, before the release of my film.”

Take a look at the full conversation below:

For the unversed, Mahesh Babu had opened up about his Hindi film debut at an event and said “Bollywood can’t afford me”. In no time, the actor made headlines for his comment. Later, Mahesh Babu retracted his ‘Bollywood can’t afford me’ comment. In his defense, the actor had said, “I mentioned that I would not leave Telugu cinema for Hindi. I have always maintained that Telugu films should reach the pan-India. For more than 10 years I have been saying this and it is finally happening.”

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