There was a lot of controversy before the release of Nilhil's Spy as there was a report that Nikhil is not pleased with the producer pushing for a hurried release with the half-baked output.

Now, Nikhil has come up with an open apology letter over the result of Spy and he vowed to come up with better quality cinema in the due course. 

"I also promise every Telugu movie lover who trusts me that from now on we will never compromise on the quality, “Whatever the pressures” and will only make sure a finished, checked and fantastic product is given to you al" Nikhil stated. 

"“It pains me to inform you all that the movie DID NOT have a proper multi-language release across India because of contract/content delay issues which also led to 350 Telugu premiere shows overseas being cancelled. I apologise to all the Hindi, Kannada, Tamil & Malayalam audiences for this and promise that after Karthikeya 2 it will be our next upcoming 3 films that will be in theatres in all languages perfectly finished and released on time." Nikhil concluded.