Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as Balayya, is a prolific actor and politician primarily working in the Telugu film industry. The actor is popular as the entertainer of the masses. However, his entertaining antics are not restricted just to film content. Balayya has made many people laugh with his real-life personality as well. Recently, a cake-cutting video from his 65th birthday party went viral, which made netizens roast the actor.
Balakrishna flipped a knife at his birthday party before cutting the cake
Nandamuri Balakrishna turned 65 years old on June 10, 2025. He gave a grand party to mark the milestone and cut a four-tiered birthday cake. The blue and white-toned cake has the words, ‘God Of Masses’ written on it. But what has gone viral is the hilarious video from Balayya’s birthday party, which shows him flipping a knife in his signature style.
In the video from his birthday party, Balayya flips the knife once and catches it. Meanwhile, a bodyguard in the background and one of the actor’s staff are also visibly shocked in the video. As they look worried, Balayya goes on to flip the knife two more times. While the Daaku Maharaj actor performed his signature move, the people around him tried to dodge the knife in the video. All of these different reactions, along with the actor’s moves, have really tickled the netizens, and they have reacted to it.
Netizens react to Balakrishna’s triple knife flip
One of the commentators on Instagram mentioned that they had only come to read the comments on the video. Another wrote, “God of Jokerness (laughing emoji)”, and another user said, “Cake cut (cross emoji) hand cut (correct emoji)”. An upset commentor penned down a long comment and stated, “So cringey..why does he have so much attitude as if he is the lord of this world. I am not finding any emoji that can justify my face expression right now after seeing this nonsense.” Meanwhile a user found it funny and said that Balayya never disappoints.
Many people also found the reactions of his staff in the video hilarious and commented on it. Some also critiqued on the actor recently receiving the Padma Bhushan award on April 28, 2025. One user said, “Padma Bhushan badly insulted by giving it to him.” Another commenter echoed the sentiments and stated, “Padmshree (Padma Bhushan) was never insulted this badly before”. A netizen also pointed towards the words ‘God Of Masses’ written on the cake and said that people should stop worshipping celebrities.
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Balakrishna’s last film, Daaku Maharaj,was a super-hit starring Urvashi Rautela opposite him. He also recently received the third-highest civilian award from the President. Talking about his upcoming projects, Balayya is currently working on Akhanda 2. As per reports, he will also be seen in Jailer 2 in an important role alongside Rajnikanth.
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