India, Sept. 16 -- Actor Lakshmi Manchu, while promoting her upcoming film Daksha: A Deadly Conspiracy, mentioned how a superstar's ex-wife has indirectly been blacklisted by Tollywood. In an interview with Great Andhra, she mentioned that the unnamed actor is ready for work, but filmmakers are afraid to offer it to her. (Also Read: Lakshmi Manchu blasts reporter for questioning the way she dresses at 47: 'Would you ask this to Mahesh Babu?')

In the interview, Lakshmi schooled the reporter for his line of questioning, mentioning that women have to face a lot more in society than men do. She said, "There is a superstar's ex-wife who works here. She got divorced, and since then, even films that were once offered to her have been taken away...