Ram Pothineni has described as "fake" an article that said that he hasn't been paid full remuneration for 'iSmart Shankar'. The alleged gossip piece claims that Puri Jagannadh and Charmme will be dragged to the Producers' Council's dispute redressal mechanism by Ram very soon.

"LMAO!! I generally don’t like to respond to such fake news..but in this case, let me say that Puri and Charmme are gold," Ram tweeted out, shutting up all rumours at once. This is quite a blessing, for we have been spared of creative rejoinders by other sections of media.

There is this unverified talk that Ram is not participating in post-release promotions because of the outstanding issues with Puri. Since the actor himself has put the record straight, guess this is going to end soon.