Nata Kireeti Rajendra Prasad stirred a hornet nest when he belittled by coming up with demeaning and insulting comments on MGR while praising Kanta Rao.
It resulted into a huge controversy and after Vishal, Nasser attacked him, Nadigar Sangham also demanded an apology from him. Rajendra Prasad released an aplogy video in Tamil. He said “It was a mistake on my part. I have great respect for MGR. When I was studying at an acting school in Madras, he was the Chief Minister and would visit our institute to see how we were learning."
He went on to add, "If my words hurt anyone’s sentiments, I sincerely apologise. It was not my intention and was merely a slip of the tongue."
Earlier Rajendra Prasad said even MGR "used to wet his pants” over Kantha Rao’s stardom.
Nassar earlier reacted “Every Tamilian will get hurt. Not only Tamilians, a few of our colleagues have sent audio tapes where they are hurt,” He added "MGR is not only an actor, not only an entertainer, he was a great leader. He ruled us for more than a decade. He was a very important advisor when the great NTR Garu started a party. Apolitically, we love him, we honour him,”