Neither lead hero Allu Arjun, who is ecstatic about Pushpa's popularity, nor filmmaker sukumar have decided to respond to Garikapati's remarks. Fans of the performer, on the other side, are condemning Garikapati for previous sexist and male chauvinistic remarks he made about women, such as how he described anushka in an avadhanam, while he is now advocating kindness after receiving the Padmasri award. They're bringing up a post made by musician chinmayi Sripada shortly after he was given the award.
To get right to the point, pushpa colleagues are said to have felt that reacting to Garikapati would only result in the preacher receiving unwelcome promotion while being of little service to them. They want to focus on developing Part 2 of the film, rather than delivering a rebuttal to the preacher, because pushpa was such a huge hit. Many people believe this is a wise decision.