North Indian audience made fun of South’s superstar Mahesh Babu’s films!

Hyderabad: In a viral meme on Twitter, Abhishek Tripathi, Panchayat Secretary in the web show ‘Panchayat 2’, is seen trying to open Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu’s eyes to the realities of an Indian village.

The message read, “Villages are like what you see in movies.”

According to critics, ‘Panchayat 2’ has become a huge hit on Prime Video, depicting a realistic rural drama and referring to the Indian village as a “real place with real people”.

On the other hand, Mahesh Babu’s films ‘Srimanthudu’ and ‘Maharshi’ romanticized the daily grind and simplified rural issues, leading to comparisons of his films to ‘real’ rural stories on social media sites.

It is worth noting that Mahesh Babu’s films tend to have simple plot lines that avoid briefly addressing political, caste-based and other complex issues. This is the reason why loose-fitting films like ‘Srimanthudu’ and ‘Maharshi’ as well as the recently released ‘SVP’ tend to offend discerning audiences.

Mahesh Babu has been the target of many trolls on social media as he said during one of his media interactions that Bollywood cannot tolerate him.

Despite the debate and defense of his fans, Mahesh Babu is also being punished for his monotonous, ‘message-oriented’ films.

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