Chandrababu Naidu’s Son vs Ram Gopal Varma Over Film’s Political Tones

Hyderabad: 

Nara Lokesh, the son of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu, has approached the Telangana High Court over alleged attempts to tarnish the image of his father in producer Ram Gopal Varma’s film, Vyooham.

In the petition, Mr Lokesh requested the high court to cancel the censor certificate of the crime-thriller film about a police officer’s work amid a web of conspiracies, and alleged the film “misrepresented” Mr Naidu to make him “unpopular”.

Mr Naidu’s fundamental rights were violated by the actions of the director and producer, Mr Lokesh, the national general secretary of the TDP, said in the petition to the high court.

Mr Lokesh alleged the film was made with the backing of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, adding the film’s goal is to damage the reputation of the opposition TDP.

The director and producer have already released many “wrong” films, and they are making this film with Jagan Reddy’s support despite knowing there would be losses, Mr Lokesh alleged.

The high court will hear the petition on Tuesday.

Ram Gopal Varma has organised a grand pre-release event for ‘Vyooham’ at Indira Gandhi Municipal stadium in Vijayawada. He has invited college students and couples to attend the musical event.

RGV, as the controversial filmmaker is popularly known, also invited Mr Lokesh, Mr Naidu and Pawan Kalyan. RGV has claimed a “vyooham”, or conspiracy, behind ‘Vyooham’ the film.