Pushpa 2: The Rule starring Allu Arjun, Rashmik Mandanna, Sreeleela among others is an upcoming Telugu language action drama, that is set to release in theaters on December 5, 2024. Sequel to the Sukumar directed Pushpa: The Rise (2021) that also starred Fahadh Faasil in an important role, Pushpa 2 is produced by Naveen Yerneni, Mohan Cherukuri and Ravi Shankar under Mythri Movie Makers.
Recently the entire team of Pushpa 2: The Rule held a promotional event in Chennai, where music composer Devi Sri Prasad's speech on stage turned heads for the digs it made at the film's producers especially Ravi Shankar. Devi Sri Prasad was delivering his speech in Tamil when a group of fans asked him to say something in Telugu. Addressing them, the music composer said,
"My dear brothers, whatever you're doing is right. If we want anything, we need to ask and get it. If you don't ask, they won't give, whether it's the payment from producers or the credit on screen."
It was recently announced that while Devi Sri Prasad is handling the music of Pushpa 2, the background score will be done by Thaman S, Sam CS and Ajaneesh B Loknath. This was addressed by Devi Sri Prasad on stage when he said,
"Ravi sir, you've been blaming me saying that I didn't deliver the song or the background score on time. I know you love me. Where there is love, there are complaints as well. But, I think you have more complaints about me than love. Even now, I came to the venue 20-25 minutes ago. They asked me to wait to make an entry for the camera. I am shy. I am shameless only when I'm on stage. Off-stage, I'm the shyest person you can meet. I could hear the song Kissik being played, so I came running. As soon as I arrived, you said, 'Wrong timing, sir. You're late'. What can I do? If I had to address these separately, there's no kick. I am always open."
Here's how the internet has reacted to the same:
Something is Fishy 🤔🤔🙄🙄#DeviSriPrasad #Pushpa2TheRule pic.twitter.com/QctnPtTIAR
— NEWS3PEOPLE (@news3people) November 24, 2024
#Pushpa2 event in #Chennai. #DeviSriPrasad didn’t hold back… lol pic.twitter.com/YfmYgVyWxX
— Latha Srinivasan (@latasrinivasan) November 25, 2024
Was #DSP the reason behind #GoodBadUgly postponement?
— Vidhya Sagar (@ImVidhyaSagar) November 24, 2024
Devi Sri Prasad's words at #Pushpa2WildFireEvent gave more strength to that!#MythriMovieMakers
Talk your shit king https://t.co/pYSNzAppiz
— R (@heropenbrilink) November 24, 2024
Paavam https://t.co/dgAtUzD9jo
— Parzival (@parzival_n) November 24, 2024
They did him so dirty he had to talk about things on stage you dont deserve this shit you will always be the best no matter what https://t.co/JdT7oXZzZd
— A (@naadandilll) November 24, 2024
Aiaiyyo paavam da dei..Pushpa reach aanadhuku reason ae his songs dha https://t.co/Pkj8GSMxj9
— Yoke (@YokeshCR1) November 24, 2024
He was actually talking about bgm issue.
— ShivaKumār_AAoholic (@KumarShiva73764) November 24, 2024
And most of the people in the event are from telugu, so for them he's explaining them about that issue.
Dhanush spoke Tamil in Rayaan Telugu event in hyderabad??? Here AA speaked Tamil??
— Cult FAN of MB (@DHFMloveforever) November 25, 2024
The same applies to producers as well; they pay him with the expectation of earning double the margin in return by leveraging his music.🙏
— VAMSHIDHAR REDDY ᴿᴱᴮᴱᴸᵂᴼᴼᴰ 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@VAMSHIDHRREDDY) November 24, 2024
Look at other side of same coin::
— Success is Divine (@Introvert0206) November 25, 2024
DSP also soft target for Producers
Why cant they do the same to Sukumar who always delays shooting
He directly pointed Ravi and said about different concerns as well not just replacing as background score right .
— Bunny 🪓 🐉 (@alluarjundhfire) November 25, 2024
there are fans for the director and the hero, so if he says anything, then even his own fans will not tolerate...so he obv could target only the producers
— Pandu (@pandu_gadu18) November 25, 2024
We don’t know what happened internally. Definitely its a blunder from DSP to discuss on the stage which might create a negative impression on the whole movie
— Bunny fAAn (@Pavan92414) November 25, 2024
DSP got national award for songs not bgm, and you are the guys complained about pushpa 1 bgm. So they went for other choices
— Pushpa (@hareesh707) November 25, 2024