Last week, Puri Jagannadh commented that Mahesh Babu works only with those directors who are in good form. It hurt the Superstar's fans predictably, who trolled him heavily over the weekend.

Latest, the 'iSmart Shankar' director has said in an interview that NTR is a rash driver. "When we worked together on 'Temper', we would go out in a car every evening in Goa. Tarak would drive so rashly that I would think that it would be good if he doesn't drive at all," Puri commented.

When the host asked about NTR's pet issue of promoting the cause of safe driving, Puri said that he doesn't care about it.

NTR's fans are defending the 'RRR' actor by saying that the Young Tiger was a different man before the unfortunate death of his elder brother Janakiram, who died in a road accident in December 2014. "Tarak is a changed person now. He is genuinely attached to the noble cause of promoting awareness about safe driving," a fan said on Twitter. Puri seems to have made the remarks in a jest.