Vjayawada: Protests erupted against the movie, Vangaveeti from different quarters. Vangaveeti Radha Krishna, son of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, met the Director General of police N Sambasivarao and raised his objections with the movie.
The movie, directed by Ram Gopal Varma, is said to be a biopic of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga who was killed in gang wars of Vijayawada during 1988.
The movie has landed into a major controversy from the date of its its announcement. The Radha Ranga Mitra Mandali, followers of Vangaveeti Radha Krishna, also raised objections over the film and warned of the consequences if the film goes against their sentiments. Director Ram Gopal Varma met Radha Krishna and his mother before the release of the film but the talks did not go off well.
Now when the film released on Friday the members of Radha Ranga Mitra mandali protested and raised slogans at Y Screens multiplex located in Pundit Nehru Bus Station against Varma and demanded the withdrawal of the title of the movie as it does not reflect the facts. Also at Santosh theatre in Ajith Singh Nagar the followers of Ranga staged protest by performing kseerabhisakam to Ranga portrait. Police have intervened and disbursed the mobs at both the locations.
Mr. Chandana Suresh, a close aid of Vangaveeti Radha Krishna, said that the movie is filled with half truths and does not depict the character of Mohana Ranga. Projecting Ranga as a Rowdy ignoring all the good work he has done is objectionable and we object the way the character of Ratnakumari is shown in the film, he said. We are planning to approach the court to seek censoring of objectionable content, he added.
Former MLA, Malladi Vishnu who has close association with Vangaveeti family, said that Ranga has worked for the people’s rights on various issues. He fought with the then dictatorial government and got killed for that. If all this is not reflected in the movie it will be only a publicity stunt by the director to attract the public attention, said Mr Vishnu.
