Praneeth Hanumanthu, who is a popular YouTuber cum actor, has lately found himself in hot soup over his controversial acts. Popular for his role in Sudheer Babu starrer ‘Harom Hara’, Praneeth was arrested by Telangana Cyber Security Bureau from Bengaluru for making derogatory comments about the father-daughter relationship through a YouTube video. The situation turned into a major one when Vishnu Manchu, an actor and the president of the Movie Artists Association got involved.
In response to the controversy, Vishnu Manchu issued a stern warning to digital content creators against producing and sharing derogatory and distasteful videos. One of the videos that he shared through his Instagram account saw him address this matter head-on stating “A message to all the digital content creators from Movie Artists Association,” where he made it clear that no more offensive videos or comments targeting actors and actresses would be tolerated. Furthermore, content creators were given 48 hours ultimatum within which they should have removed any defamatory videos or memes from their channels with a warning that failure would result in legal actions being brought against them.
Praneeth Hanumanthu’s actions were publicly condemned by several actors from the entertainment industry such as Karthikeya, Manoj Manchu, Dharam Tej, Sudheer Babu etc. Moreover, Vishnu Manchu’s statement has fueled further reactions against Praneeth which highlights an even larger problem concerning onlin.
