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MLA’s comment sparks T row, Adhurs bears brunt February 8, 2010 Telangana activists once again
disrupted the screening of Junior NTR’s film Adhurs after its producer and
Telugu Desam Gudivada MLA, Mr Kodali Nani, made intemperate comments against the
separate state movement and its leaders.
Angry agitators set fire to posters and cutouts of the film in several theatres
across Telangana and attacked some theatres.
The Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC), which met here on Monday, also
called for the boycott of film in the region.
On Sunday, Mr Nani questioned the legitimacy of the Telangana cause and said its
leaders were like Pittala Dora (jokers). “The T-agitation has been started by
the politically unemployed,” he had remarked.
The TD MLA also ridiculed the family of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief, Mr
K. Chandrasekhar Rao, by saying that his film had run successfully despite their
opposition.
Though Mr Nani retracted his comments and said the media had distorted it, the
Telangana activists were not convinced. When the film was released earlier, the
Telangana Jagruti chief and KCR’s daughter, Ms Kavita, called for its boycott.
But following pressure from various quarters, the boycott call was dropped. With
Mr Nani’s comments, the controversy has been revived.
The Telugu film industry distanced itself from the comments of Mr Nani. The
Movie Artistes Association, the AP Film Chamber of Commerce, the Telugu Film
Producers’ Council and Telugu Movie Directors’ Association condemned the
remarks.
“Just when we thought things are bouncing back to normalcy, Mr Nani has made
this remark,” said Murali Mohan, actor and president of Movie Artistes’
Association.
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