On October 23 when Ram Charan and his wife Upasana Konidela announced their second pregnancy, the entire family congregated to celebrate.
Conspicuous by their absence was Allu Arjun and his family.
For those who came in late, Allu Aravind’s sister Surekha is Chiranjeevi’s wife. Aravind’s son Allu Arjun and Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan are cousins. The two families are known to be very close , omnipresent at one another’s moments of happiness and sorrow.
So what happened? The entire Telugu film industry is wondering what went wrong on this joyful occasion .
I spoke to a colleague of Ram Charan who says Allu clan’s absence at Chiranjeevi and his family’s moment of joy, is “baffling”.
“Even if Arjun was busy what about the rest of his family? It is a strange! Even if there is some problem between the two families, why make it so public by posting pictures with a part of the family missing?” asks the colleague.
Shedding light on the growing rift between the two stars a source in the know informs, “It has been growing for a long time. With Chiranjeevi as his father, Ramcharan feels he has a marked edge over Allu Arjun. However, Arjun who all along took Ramcharan Teja’s Big Brother role in his stride, now feels he has raced ahead of Ramcharan at the boxoffice, what with his latest film doing far better business than Ramcharan’s last.”
There is also the additional father factor. Ramacharan feels Chiranjeevi puts his family way ahead of Allu Arjun or any other film family in Andhra. Allu Arjun feels his father produced Allu Arvind is no less an achiever.
“The rivalry between the two families has reached a point of no return. A lot depends on the maturity shown by the two fathers to patch up the differences between the two families. Because otherwise Ram and Arjun are on a rampage. They will stop at nothing in their mutual game of oneupmanship,” warns the knowledgeable source.
