Pushpa 2 Last year recorded unprecedented success at the box office. But this came at the cost of a tragic death.
On December 4, 2024, there was a stampede at Sandhya Theater in Hyderabad, in which a 35-year-old woman died and her son was admitted to the ICU. The cause was said to be a sudden attack Pushpa 2 Actor Allu Arjun sent the crowd into a frenzy.
Amidst the ongoing case, Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor has now reacted to this incident and said that this accident happened due to uncontrollable crowd. He said that Allu Arjun was unnecessarily dragged into this.
The conversation started with Kapoor talking about the audience’s obsession with South Indian stars.
Addressing this trend at a recent Galatta Plus roundtable for filmmakers, he said, “When I first saw Ajith’s film releasing at 1 in the morning, I was shocked to see 20-25,000 people outside the theater After coming out of the show at 3.30-4 am, there were still a lot of people outside like Rajnikanth, Chiranjeevi or Jr NTR, Ram Charan and Mahesh Babu. Same thing happens with the films of stars.
After this, seeing the stampede, he linked it to the Allu Arjun controversy.
He said, “Ticket rates are increased for the first two days or at least the first day for additional shows. That is why this situation has arisen where, unnecessarily, Allu Arjun was dragged and a fan died. Convicted for.” It was only because of the crowd that had gathered to watch the film.”
According to a report in Indian Express, Telangana Police had said that Allu Arjun had come to the theater without informing along with his wife Sneha Reddy. Pushpa 2 Co-starring Rashmika Mandanna.
He reportedly refused to leave the premises despite the situation. Pushpa 2 However, the actor has denied all such allegations.
Allu Arjun was arrested last month under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 118(1) (punishment for causing hurt).
The next day he was granted interim bail by the Telangana High Court. The matter is under investigation.
movie, Pushpa 2Meanwhile, a surprise collection of Rs 1,760 crore has been recorded till January 1, 2025.
