Banjara Hills police has booked a case against Ms Kavita, daughter of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, for goading party cadre to disrupt the screening of the movie Adhurs starring Junior NTR.
After she issued the threat, TRS activists burnt cutouts of Junior NTR and also stalled the screening of the film in several theatres in the state. Ms Kavita heads Jagruti, the cultural wing of the TRS.
Police has booked her under non-bailable sections for making statements leading to public mischief and causing criminal intimidation.
The Banjara Hills assistant commissioner of police, Mr Ravinder Reddy, said a case was booked against the TRS chief’s daughter under Sections 505(1), 506 and 7(1) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. “We are taking up investigation,” he said.
Though the case was registered two days back, it came into light only on Friday. “We have registered the case as per the complaint lodged by a sub-inspector on the comments she made on a TV channel,” said the Banjara Hills inspector, Mr Iqbal Siddique. “Almost all the channels aired her statements.”
Ms Kavita had said that the TRS was “hurt” by Jr NTR saying that he as an artiste had no view on the Telangana issue. She also pointed out that the producers, Mr Kodali Nani (TD MLA) and Mr Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, TD leader, had openly supported Samaikya Andhra and opposed Telangana.
Police said that the question of arrest would arise only after completion of preliminary investigation. Ms Kavita was not available for comments.
The TRS and Jagruti the other day urged people of Telangana to launch a “non-cooperation movement” against Telugu filmmakers and business houses opposing separate statehood. Both the TD and the BJP had criticised the TRS for targeting films.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
TRS withdraws boycott of Junior NTR's film
Faced with criticism from other parties, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Thursday withdrew its call for the boycott of Telugu film “Adurs” starring Junior NTR.
The TRS said it would not stall the film as it respected the decision taken by the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC). The JAC, which includes the TRS, at its meeting late Wednesday, found fault with the TRS for attacking theatres and stopping the screening of the film.
TRS workers had disrupted the screening of the film at several places in the Telangana region on the ground that its producers were opposed to the demand for statehood to Telangana.
Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural arm of the TRS, had given a call for boycotting the film, which was screened in Hyderabad, Khammam and some other places amid tight security.
The ban imposed by Telangana Jagruthi president and TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s daughter K. Kavita had come under criticism from Telangana leaders of the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other parties.
Following the latest decision by the TRS, the film was Thursday released in Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nalgonda and other places.
Kodali Venkateswara Rao alias Naani and V. Vamsi Mohan, the producers of “Adurs”, are leaders of the TDP. Kavita has alleged they were supporting the movement against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Two days before the film’s release, Junior NTR issued a statement clarifying he was not against Telangana. Movie Artistes’ Association (MAA) had also clarified the artists had no regional feelings.
The TRS said it would not stall the film as it respected the decision taken by the all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC). The JAC, which includes the TRS, at its meeting late Wednesday, found fault with the TRS for attacking theatres and stopping the screening of the film.
TRS workers had disrupted the screening of the film at several places in the Telangana region on the ground that its producers were opposed to the demand for statehood to Telangana.
Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural arm of the TRS, had given a call for boycotting the film, which was screened in Hyderabad, Khammam and some other places amid tight security.
The ban imposed by Telangana Jagruthi president and TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao’s daughter K. Kavita had come under criticism from Telangana leaders of the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other parties.
Following the latest decision by the TRS, the film was Thursday released in Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nalgonda and other places.
Kodali Venkateswara Rao alias Naani and V. Vamsi Mohan, the producers of “Adurs”, are leaders of the TDP. Kavita has alleged they were supporting the movement against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Two days before the film’s release, Junior NTR issued a statement clarifying he was not against Telangana. Movie Artistes’ Association (MAA) had also clarified the artists had no regional feelings.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
T-activists burn cutouts of Adurs
With a few hours left for the release of Junior NTR -starrer Adurs, some pro-Telangana activists damaged the movie’s cutout at Nagender Theatre near Saroornagar on Tuesday. The movie is scheduled to be released on Wednesday.
The Saroornagar police said four persons involved in the incident - Anand, Zaheer, Sandeep Reddy and Pandu, all TRS activists - were arrested and sent in remand. All the four went to the theatre around 1:30 pm and suddenly burnt the posters and cut-outs of the movie set up there,’’ Inspector Srinivas Reddy told Expresso. A police team on guard near the theatre nabbed the accused who reportedly raised slogans against Jr NTR and other Telugu actors who expressed their support to united AP. The incident caused panic among the public in and around the threatre.
Many pro-Telangana outfits, including the Telangana Jagruthi led by KCR’s daughter Kavita, have threatened to stall the screening of the movie across the Telangana region. The incident took place after DGP R R Girish Kumar assured security during the screening of the movie.
The Saroornagar police said four persons involved in the incident - Anand, Zaheer, Sandeep Reddy and Pandu, all TRS activists - were arrested and sent in remand. All the four went to the theatre around 1:30 pm and suddenly burnt the posters and cut-outs of the movie set up there,’’ Inspector Srinivas Reddy told Expresso. A police team on guard near the theatre nabbed the accused who reportedly raised slogans against Jr NTR and other Telugu actors who expressed their support to united AP. The incident caused panic among the public in and around the threatre.
Many pro-Telangana outfits, including the Telangana Jagruthi led by KCR’s daughter Kavita, have threatened to stall the screening of the movie across the Telangana region. The incident took place after DGP R R Girish Kumar assured security during the screening of the movie.
TRS vows to make Bhogi bonfire of Adurs
Adurs, starring NTR Jr, is set to hit the screens Wednesday under the watchful eye of the police in the Telangana region. Notwithstanding the actor’s appeal on Monday evening, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhara Rao’s daughter Kavitha renewed her boycott call on Tuesday forcing the film producers to move the High Court.
Justice G Raghuram of the High Court asked for DGP RR Girish Kumar’s response and upon being informed that the police would provide security, disposed of the producers’ petition.
Earlier in the day, film industry representatives submitted a memorandum to Governor ESL Narasimhan seeking protection for the smooth screening of films in the region. Simultaneously, the Producers’ Council appealed to the Telangana Jagruthi, the cultural arm of the TRS headed by Kavitha, to let the film have a smooth run in Telangana. Producers of Adurs, Kodali Venkateswara Rao (Naani) and Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, too appealed to Kavitha not to play spoilsport.
But an adamant Kavitha turned the heat on the producers. ‘‘By not screening the film, distributors and exhibitors in Telangana will not incur losses.
Unless the producers make their stand clear on the Telangana issue, we will not allow the film to be screened,’’ she said. Her charge is that Kodali Naani, a TDP legislator, and Vamsi Mohan, also a TDP leader, stand for a united State. ‘‘Both had expressed solidarity with Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal when the latter went on a fastunto- death against bifurcation of the State recently,’’ Kavitha reminded.
Releasing copies of the agreement between the producers and film distributors in the Telangana region, she pointed out that the producers had agreed to return money to the distributors within 60 days if the film faced any problem.
Meanwhile, Naani and Vamsi Mohan said, ‘‘we are not against Telangana.
Neither NTR, Vinayak (director) nor we have the power to give a separate State. We are going ahead with the release and the government has assured us of all cooperation.’’ TDP general secretary Aravind Kumar Goud, BC Welfare Minister Mukesh Goud and BJP senior leader N Indrasena Reddy found fault with Kavitha and others for ‘‘banning’’ Adurs.
Meanwhile, TRS activists burnt posters of NTR Jr at a cinema in Saroornagar here in the State capital.
