Hyderabad, Aug. 9 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has once again proved that desi pop culture references can find their way into even the most serious political announcements.

During a recent press conference, Mamdani introduced his administration's Rental Ripoff Report, cleverly shortening its name to RRR. However, before anyone could confuse it with SS Rajamouli's blockbuster, the mayor quickly clarified, "This Rental Ripoff Report, also known as RRR, not to be confused with the 2022 Tollywood smash hit."

The unexpected reference immediately caught the attention of Indian social media users. Many were amused to see the mayor of a city thousands of kilometres away casually name-dropping one of Tollywood's biggest global hits duri...