Director Sukumar Lauds Actress Sai Pallavi At Aadallu Meeko Johaarlu Pre-Release Event

February 28, 2022 at 12:12 PM
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Director Sukumar Lauds Actress Sai Pallavi At Aadallu Meeko Johaarlu Pre-Release Event

Hyderabad, February 28 - Award-winning actress, Sai Pallavi graced the pre-release event of Sharwanand and Rashmika Mandanna-starrer "Aadallu Meeko Johaarlu", slated to release on March 4 in theaters. Sai Pallavi was invited as chief guest along with National awardee, Keerthy Suresh and director Sukumar, for the event on Sunday (Feb. 27).





While the event was fun-filled, it eventually became Sai Pallavi's show as the audiences showered an unconditional love for her. The craze for the "Fidaa" actress was clearly visible when audiences started whistling and cheering whenever her name was announced during the event.





Not only the audience, but director Sukumar also praised her by calling her lady Pawan Kalyan, looking at the response she got. This was not the only reason for Sukumar to appreciate Sai Pallavi, the Pushpa director also lauded her for standing for the right values and rejecting racism.





It is known that Sai Pallavi, in the past, had rejected the endorsement of a fairness cream once despite being offered a huge paycheck. The actress had rejected it by saying that she could not endorse such things that discriminate against people based on the color of their skin.





Sukumar spoke about the same by saying, "Hats off to you Sai Pallavi for rejecting that Ad. When I came to know, I felt good".





Meanwhile, Sai Pallavi was recently seen opposite Nani in the Telugu movie, "Shyam Singha Roy". The actress received appreciation for her role in the film that became a box office hit. She will next be seen opposite Rana Daggubati in "Virata Parvam".





Stay tuned...



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