Elvish Yadav and Tejasswi Prakash were seen in a heated exchange on the sets of Playground Season 5, with Elvish appearing to lose his cool. He later addressed the controversy, objecting to a “boy-girl” narrative and defending his response, while also taking an apparent dig at Tejasswi

"Long distance runner Abhishek Pal has been dropped because of the issues he is facing. So this is the final team for the Asian Games," he added.