Right from the start, the Telugu movie trade has been sustaining distance from the household of Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, for unusual causes recognized to it. YSR, too, didn’t entertain the Tollywood a lot, like attending movie occasions and many others.
His son, YSR Congress get together president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, too, has not proven a lot curiosity within the Tollywood actions, as a result of it’s situated in Hyderabad.
This is even if Andhra contributes most income to the Telugu movie trade. Even when any movie-based mostly occasions had been held in Andhra, he didn’t attend them. But at any time when some Tollywood personalities got here to him, he welcomed them. Otherwise, ignored them.
It was solely through the current controversy over discount of cinema ticket charges final 12 months, non-compliance of guidelines by the cinema theatres and on-line cinema ticketing system proposed by the federal government, did the Tollywood got here down on its knees and began lobbying with the Jagan authorities.
The Tollywood biggies made rounds to Tadepalli, met Jagan and requested for improve in ticket fares. Jagan, too, obliged their request after robust negotiations however with sure situations. But now, the Tollywood felt the warmth of elevated charges and has voluntarily lowered the ticket costs.
When megastar Chiranjeevi went all the best way to Jagan and spoke in a pleading tone, everyone criticised him straight and not directly. But there was no such speak when the identical Tollywood personalities used to meet Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
In reality, many Tollywood personalities had shut relations the TDP when it was in energy and the identical is continuous even now. There is a chat within the trade that Tollywood had contributed massive cash to the lately held Mahanadu of the TDP at Ongole.
Many movie personalities have been giving donations to the TDP; and there are experiences that a lot of them have already began mobilising funds for the get together for the following meeting elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Interestingly, even Jana Sena headed by energy star Pawan Kalyan, who’s up in arms towards the YSRCP authorities in Andhra, has additionally been getting donations from Tollywood.
Several Tollywood personalities have reportedly donated to Pawan’s programme to help households of tenant farmers who had dedicated suicide.
But these donations usually are not being disclosed to public, although the cash contributed by mega heroes was publicly introduced. Apparently, the Tollywood personalities requested that their names shouldn’t be disclosed.
So, the Tollywood has by and enormous began taking anti-YSRC development another time. Though one part of it’s nonetheless making an attempt to keep good relations with Jagan, others are deeply concerned in anti-Jagan actions once more.
