At a time when Mohan Babu's attitude has been questioned by Prakash Raj and his loyalists in the Movie Artists Association, his son Manchu Manoj's stocks are going up. The father has come across as a rather short-tempered person, while the son has come in for kudos for his mediation skills.

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At a presser on Tuesday, actor-director 'ETV' Prabhakar said that it was Manoj's calming influence and ability to mediate between his angry father and other artists that ensured the conduct of the MAA elections on October 10. "But for Manoj, things would have definitely gone out of hand. We would be physically beating up each other. Manoj brought in a conciliatory mood all the while. Kudos to him as well as Vishnu, but for whom violence would have marred the election," Prabhakar said. 

The Manoj-Vishnu duo was present throughout the day at the polling station. Going by the words of Prabhakar as well as Banerjee (who was abused by Mohan Babu), it was Manoj who averted tussles from taking place because of their father. 

Manoj was also seen interacting with Pawan Kalyan when he came to cast his vote. It seems it has fallen on the sons to do damage control, thanks to Mohan Babu's temperamental issues.