Hyderabad, November 06: Once again the Telangana agitation and Tollywood crossed paths and this time the agitators stalled the shooting of Allari Naresh and Shriya’s film at Rajendranagar Agricultural University on the city outskirts.
The agitators forced the hero and the heroine to shout slogans in support of Telangana. There was a brief scuffle causing tension at the venue and the car in which Shriya was sitting was pelted with stones.
The actress escaped unhurt but she vented her anger on twitter. “How can they breakmy car, throw stones, stop shoot and threaten me to say Jai Telangna on TV?” she tweeted later. That to in broad day light! Police staring at all of this what about freedom? Safety? Thank God the stone didn’t hit me. Both the windows are broken. Seriously I’m disgusted, she tweeted.
Tollywood nearly had a peace pact with Telangana agitators and expressed solidarity by closing down the theatres for two days. After that there were a couple of incidents but where shooting was disrupted.
This is the latest incidents and involves students of the Agricultural University and a low budget film. Normally disruptions have been taking place whenever there are statements or feelers from film personalities in support of Samaikandhra.
——Agencies