Seethakka Slams: ‘Smuggler Actor Wins Awards’

Actor Allu Arjun is being heavily slammed by the government of Telangana and the police department for his visit to the Sandhya Theatre, which led to a stampede and resulted in the death of a woman named Revathi.

Until now, many Congress leaders like CM Revanth Reddy, Ministers Komatireddy Venkatreddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, and TPCC president Mahesh Goud have criticized Allu Arjun for his theatre visit and blamed him for the woman’s death.

Now, Minister Seethakka has also lashed out at him and his film Pushpa. She said that while socially relevant movies like Jai Bhim fail to get awards, the central government is presenting awards to an actor playing a smuggler in smuggler-based films. Her statement was aimed at Pushpa. It is already known that Allu Arjun won the National Award for Best Actor for Pushpa: The Rise.

Speaking at an event, Seethakka said, “Jai Bhim was a film about a tribal woman who fights for her husband, who gets illegally arrested by the officials. The film inspired many people and taught them about their rights. But it didn’t get any awards nor receive any encouragement from the central government.”

“Instead, the central government presented awards to an actor who played the role of a smuggler who strips policemen naked and promotes smuggling,” she added.