Did Vijay Deverakonda demand 6 vanity vans, 50 assistants? Team dismisses claims, complains

Talking to SCREEN, a source from his team replied, “These claims have no basis whatsoever. We honestly can’t understand what is the origin of these screenshots, which sprung out of nowhere,”

123Telugu, the publication whose branding had been used in the fake screenshot, also issued its own clarification, stating that it had never published any such article and warning of legal action against those responsible for misusing its name.

Official statement from https://t.co/iKzcTtleo3 regarding the circulation of a fabricated news image misusing our identity. https://t.co/glLoexkrnB pic.twitter.com/l7PY3JKLZv

— 123telugu (@123telugu) June 25, 2026

This is not the first time Vijay has had to push back against fabricated stories. In 2020, the actor had launched a public campaign against what he called fake news and gossip websites after a similar report wrongly accused him of insulting people he was trying to help during the COVID-19 lockdown, a controversy that drew support at the time from Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu and several others in the industry.

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About Ranabaali

Ranabaali, directed by Shyam Singha Roy filmmaker Rahul Sankrityan, marks Vijay’s on screen reunion with his wife Rashmika Mandanna, following their earlier successes Geetha Govindam and Dear Comrade. The couple, who kept their relationship largely private for years, got engaged in Hyderabad last October and married earlier this year in the presence of family and close friends. The period action drama is currently slated for a theatrical release on September 11, with the controversy around the fake reports doing little, so far, to slow down anticipation for the film.