Fact Check: Viral Jr NTR Video Linked to TDP MLA’s Audio Clip Is False
Anantapur TDP legislator Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad has landed in a controversy after alleged audio tapes surfaced
Jr NTR viral video fact check,
Anantapur TDP legislator Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad has landed in a controversy after alleged audio tapes surfaced in which he reportedly made derogatory comments against Tollywood actor Jr NTR. Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad, Anantapur Urban TDP MLA, has allegedly made comments demanding that Jr NTR’s film War 2 not be screened in Anantapur without his permission. The remarks, which reportedly accused Jr NTR of insulting Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and HRD Minister Lokesh, went viral on social media after being recorded, and circulated by Dhanunjaya Naidu, a leader of NTR Fans Association. The audio went viral on various social media platforms, receiving severe backlash from the actors fans. In response, outraged NTR fans and association leaders staged a protest at the MLA’s office, where they tore down his flex banners.
Amidst this controversy, a video began circulating with the claim that Junior NTR has retaliated to the comments made by the TDP MLA. In the viral video, we can see Jr NTR talking emotionally about respecting women and not commenting them. He says that in politics, it is quite common to face criticisms and then retaliate to those criticisms, but these comments should be related to public issues but should not be personal.
Here is the archive link of the claim.
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The viral video is an old one from 2021.
When we extracted keyframes from the video, we found that the video is an old video and is unrelated to the recent comments allegedly made by Daggubati Venkateshwara Prasad. When we searched Jr NTR’s recent posts on his X account, we did not find any such video or comments showing his retaliation to the TDP MLA’s comments. Here is the link to his latest post.
When we extracted keyframes from the viral video, and searched using google reverse image search, we found a video shared by the youtube channel of tv9 telugu on November 20, 2021.
We also came across a report on the TV9 Telugu website, which confirms that the video was released by Jr NTR in 2021 after the then ruling YSRCP made derogatory remarks against Nara Bhuvaneshwari, wife of TDP chief and current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. In his statement, Jr NTR stressed that criticism and counter-criticism are part of politics, but personal abuse has no place in democratic debate. He described the incident in the Assembly as atrocious and said that respecting women is deeply rooted in our culture and tradition.
NTR clarified that he was not speaking merely as a family member, but as a son, father, husband, and responsible citizen of the country—especially as a Telugu man. He appealed to society to put an end to such anarchic practices and instead focus on addressing people’s real problems. Highlighting the importance of setting an example for the younger generation, Jr NTR urged that this toxic culture should stop here and now.
According to The News Minute, Jr NTR released this video a day after TDP President Chandrababu Naidu broke down while addressing the media about the humiliation that he said he was subjected to by the ruling YSRCP. Actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as Jr NTR, took to Twitter to condemn the abusive comments by the ruling party. In the video that he posted on Saturday, November 20, the actor said that politics should be limited to public issues and that personal matters should not be involved.
We also found the original video shared by Jr NTR on his Twitter account on November 20, 2021.
Therefore, the viral video is an old one and is not related to the recent comments allegedly made by TDP MLA Daggubati Venkateshwara Prasad.