SS Rajamouli challenges Arjun Reddy and Mahanati directors

Baahubali director SS Rajamouli, who is busy with the pre-production of RRR movie, has accepted Kavitha Kalvakuntla's Haritha Haram challenge and planted banyan, gulmohar and neem saplings.

Charity organisations Igniting Minds and Walk for Water are celebrating former President Dr Abdul Kalam's birth anniversary on July 27 in a green way – by promoting Telangana government's Haritha Haram program and challenging people to plant three saplings each. And MP Kavitha Kalvakuntla is one of those. She responded by planting three saplings in front of her house in Hyderabad on July 21.

Talking it forward, Kavitha Kalvakuntla challenged four other big personalities. She tweeted, "Accepted priyanka's nomination & Doing my bit for greener World !! I nominate miss @Nsaina, Deputy CM Mahmood Ali garu, RadhaKrishna garu @abntelugutv & @ssrajamouli garu to take up the green challenge!! Plant a sapling & spread the word for a greener better world!! #HarithaHaram. [sic]"

Saina Nehwal accepted her challenge on the same day of her nomination and tweeted, "Thank you ma'am @RaoKavitha .. for nominating me . Let's all together make our world greener and clean. Here's my contribution and I further nominate @taapsee ,@ShraddhaKapoor and @eshagupta2811 to take up the green challenge. #HarithaHaram [sic]"

SS Rajamouli took to Twitter on Tuesday to confirm that he has accepted Kavitha Kalvakuntla's challenge. He revealed that he has planted banyan, gulmohar and neem saplings in his farmhouse. The Baahubali director further nominated badminton player Pullela Gopichand, Telangana minister KTR, directors like Sandeep Reddy Vanga and Nag Ashwin.

SS Rajamouli tweeted a photo featuring him planting the saplings and wrote, "Challenge accepted @RaoKavitha garu. Planted Banyan, Gulmohar and Neem saplings. And now, I nominate Pullela Gopichand garu, @KTRTRS garu, young directors @imvangasandeep, Nag Ashwin to take up the #HarithaHaram challenge."