Tollywood Superstar Trashes Caste, Surname

It is widespread for women to carry two surnames after marriage- one being their paternal and the other being their in-laws.

Tejaswini Balakrishna, Nandamuri Balakrishna's daughter, followed suit. Tejaswini Balakrishna served as the creative consultant for Balakrishna's Unstoppable.

In the end credits, her name was displayed as M. Tejaswini Nandamuri. She took M – Mathukimilli from her husband – M Bharat’s surname and continued the Nandamuri surname.

A few media outlets found fault and started saying Tejaswini still carries the Nandamuri tag for brand image. Cut to now, Tollywood superstar wished his wife, Namrata, on her birthday.

“Happy birthday, NSG… You are my rock. Thank you for sharing my world with me,” Mahesh tweeted. The NSG stands for Namrata Shirodkar Ghattamaneni

Well, a superstar like Mahesh is pronouncing his wife Namrata’s name with two surnames. There is nothing wrong with women carrying two surnames. But a few media portals, to sling mud at apolitical individuals, are sensationalizing it and publishing malicious articles.