Fans damage theatre at special show of Chiranjeevi’s ‘Gang Leader’

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By Y Sunita Chowdhary

March 6, 2023

On 5 March, the evening show at Sandhya 35 MM theatre in Hyderabad was houseful. The audience was beyond excited to watch their favourite hero — Chiranjeevi.

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The theatre was screening a special show of Gang Leader (1991), rereleased (4K version) in select theatres in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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Directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, Chiranjeevi’s Gang Leader featured Vijayashanti, Rao Gopal Rao, Anandraj, Murali Mohan, and Sarath Babu in key roles.

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It ran successfully for 100 days in over 50 theatres in the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh and was also dubbed in Tamil.

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Bappi Lahiri’s soundtrack, coupled with Prabhu Deva’s choreography, became a craze among movie lovers. 

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The overenthusiastic fans of actor Chiranjeevi tore seats, burst firecrackers inside the cinema hall, and even spilt milk — meant to be seen as an offering — on the screen!

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Telangana Film Chamber Treasurer Vijender Reddy revealed that the theatre management suffered losses due to the fans trashing the theatre. 

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KL Damodar Prasad, the president of the Telugu Film Producers Council, explained that most theatres are reporting fewer footfalls these days

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“The reason why people are not going to the regular cinema is because of false publicity. They stopped trusting the reviews, too.”

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“Thanks to content-based films, they prefer OTT over theatrical releases,” Prasad said.

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