Recently, several fake rumours about popular Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda popped up on the internet. After learning of these rumours, Vijay Deverakonda decided to bust the fake news being circulated about him through a youtube video. In the video the Arjun Reddy actor wanted to "kill fake news.'' Vijay called out all the portals that spread fake rumours about him. He also slammed them for trying to "destroy his image". Now a number of celebs like Mahesh Babu, Rana Daggubati and others have come out in support of Devarakonda.
Superstar Mahesh Babu wrote a note stating, "It takes years of hard work, effort, patience, passion, and sacrifice to earn the love and respect of the people. You work to be the husband your wife deserves, the superhero father your kids want you to be, and the superstar your fans crave for. And then, some faceless person, ready to do anything for money, disrespects you, lies to readers, and spreads misinformation, all for his next paycheck. I want to protect our beautiful industry Of Telugu cinema, I want to protect my fans and I want to protect my kids from a world where this is considered normal. I call upon the industry to act upon these fake websites that live off us and disrespect and lie about us collectively." Baahubali star Rana Daggubati tweeted: "Spoken out well my man. I stand by you!"
Vijay Deverakonda made his debut with the 2011 film Nuvvila. However, his breakout performance was in the 2016 film Pelli Choopulu. He is best-known for his performances in films like Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddy, Ye Mantram Vesave, Mahanati, Nadigaiyar Thilagam and Geetha Govindam, to name a few. Check out some of the reactions of celebs from the south industry here...