It seems the gossip press in Telugu is running out of steam. Why else would they come up with something as wildly improbable as Naga Chaitanya’s second marriage?

This week the Telugu film industry woke up one morning to news reports of Naga Chaitanya’s second marriage after his recent separation from Samantha Ruth Prabhu. According to these reports Naga Chaitanya has been feeling lonely and his second marriage is being arranged by his family.

A source close to the Akkineni family says such rumours are the handiwork of vested interests. “They want to tarnish the family’s reputation. They want to show Chaitanya as a frivolous immature fun-seeker who wants to re-marry,even before the divorce proceedings have been completed.It’s all nothing but mudslinging. But the mud won’t stick because Naga is too mature react to such nonsense.”

Chaitanya’s father Nagarjuna says, “What do we do with these idle minds and their wild imagination? We are advised to take legal action against these elements. But where is the time to chase up these rumour-mongers? My warning to them: do not misconstrue our patience for cowardice.”

Naga Chaitanya laughs off the rumours saying, “Is it even worth responding to?”