Chiranjeevi admits wanting a grandson to proceed his family's legacy. (Pic: Chiranjeevi/Instagram)
Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has landed successful contention aft making a sexist and derogatory remark astir his ain granddaughter. The actor, who was the main impermanent astatine the Brahma Anandam pre-release event, expressed his tendency for his son, histrion Ram Charan, and his wife, Upasana Kamineni, to person a babe boy. He admitted being “scared” that their 2nd kid mightiness besides beryllium a girl, emphasizing his privation for a grandson to proceed the family’s legacy.
Speaking astatine the event, Chiranjeevi said, “When I’m astatine home, it doesn’t consciousness similar I’m surrounded by my granddaughters; it feels similar I’m a ladies’ hostel warden, surrounded by ladies each around. I support wishing and telling (Ram) Charan, astatine slightest this time, person a lad truthful that our bequest continues, but his girl is the apple of his eye… I’m frightened that helium mightiness again person a girl.”
Chiranjeevi is frightened his lad Ram Charan mightiness person different girl 😡
In 2025, the obsession with a antheral heir continues.
Disappointing, but not astonishing –
PS – I person a miss and I person heard from 100s of radical to springiness commencement to a lad next. It feels horrible erstwhile people… pic.twitter.com/1jP81E0QT3
— Naveena (@TheNaveena) February 12, 2025
His comments rapidly sparked outrage connected societal media, with netizens slamming the histrion for his regressive mindset. One idiosyncratic wrote, “Chiranjeevi is frightened his lad Ram Charan mightiness person different daughter. In 2025, the obsession with a antheral heir continues. Disappointing, but not surprising. PS – I person a girl, and I person heard from hundreds of radical to springiness commencement to a lad next. It feels horrible erstwhile radical privation america to power things I can’t.” Another remark read, “Chiranjeevi is acrophobic Ram Charan volition person different girl and the bequest of the household volition not beryllium carried forward. The rot runs truthful deep, it is not adjacent funny. Proud to beryllium the parent of a girl, daughters are beautiful, daughters are axenic emotion and they volition transportation your bequest guardant conscionable right.”
Ram Charan and Upasana Kamineni welcomed their daughter, Klin Kaara Konidela, successful 2023. Apart from Ram, Chiranjeevi has 2 daughters, Sreeja Konidela and Sushmita Konidela. Sreeja is simply a parent to 2 daughters, Navishka and Nivrati, portion Sushmita besides has 2 daughters, Samara and Samhitha.
On the nonrecreational front, Chiranjeevi volition adjacent beryllium seen successful Vishwambhara, a phantasy enactment movie directed by Mallidi Vassishta. The movie features Trisha, Kunal Kapoor, Meenakshi Chaudhary, and Ashika Ranganath successful pb roles.