Dil Raju Denies Theatre Shutdown Rumours Before Pawan Kalyan's Film Release

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 17:25 IST

Dil Raju denied plans to adjacent theatres successful Andhra Pradesh and Telangana earlier Pawan Kalyan's movie release, dismissing shutdown rumours.

Dil Raju has denied reports of theatre shutdown up of Pawan Kalyan's film.

Renowned Tollywood shaper and exhibitor Dil Raju has categorically denied immoderate volition to adjacent theatres successful Andhra Pradesh and Telangana earlier the merchandise of Pawan Kalyan’s highly awaited film, Hari Hara Veera Mallu. It is acceptable to premiere connected June 12.

During a media enactment connected Monday, arsenic reported by IANS, Dil Raju asserted, “No 1 has the guts to halt the merchandise of Pawan Kalyan’s film." He dismissed the rumours astir a imaginable theatre shutdown arsenic unfounded and misleading, attributing them to “some vested interests."

Clarifying further, Dil Raju, who besides leads the Telangana State Film Development Corporation, stated, “I was not portion of immoderate gathering which decided to unopen down theatres oregon the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce gave immoderate specified signal. Why would anyone deliberation of stopping Pawan Kalyan movie, who is simply a large prima with a immense following?"

It each began connected April 19 erstwhile exhibitors and distributors from East Godavari territory successful Andhra Pradesh threatened to adjacent theatres if their long-standing demands were not addressed. However, Dil Raju noted that the concern had improved since then, arsenic “they softened their basal aboriginal arsenic producers understood the problems faced by exhibitors."

Exhibitors crossed different regions of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had besides raised demands, including a displacement to a percentage-based gross system, but Dil Raju emphasized that “theatre shutdown was ne'er connected the docket successful immoderate meeting."

Despite these clarifications, rumours continued to swirl that the merchandise of Hari Hara Veera Mallu mightiness beryllium impacted. This disorder adjacent irritated the Andhra Pradesh government, according to Dil Raju.

Addressing the issue, Andhra Pradesh’s Tourism and Cinematography Minister Kandula Durgesh, a salient person successful Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena, suggested a conspiracy down the theatre shutdown calls and demanded an investigation.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan issued a beardown connection criticizing the Tollywood manufacture for not engaging with the existent government. “Filmmakers travel to the authorities lone during the merchandise of their movies," helium remarked, condemning the industry’s soundlessness and adding, “The movie manufacture forgot the alleged humiliation meted retired to them by the erstwhile authorities of YSR Congress."

Kalyan besides declared that nary idiosyncratic meetings would beryllium allowed with producers oregon directors implicit issues similar summons pricing oregon movie releases. “All connection indispensable spell done recognised movie associations," helium insisted. His comments besides touched connected broader issues, including transparency successful theatre revenues, mediocre cinema infrastructure, and regulatory disorder implicit summons pricing.

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