For many Telugu's Tollywood matinee idols are demigods. From blood donations to free medical check up camps, fans of our stars go to any extentexpressing their undoubted love and admiration towards their favourite actor. More so with big stars. Standing as a testimonial to this statement isthe attack on theatres in the city and Tirupati by actor Balakrishna's fans on the release on his latest flick ' Mirtudu'. While fan frenzy attacks on theatresare quite common in towns, what amused city dwellers is the breaking of furniture in relatively posh PVR theatre in the city .
Balakrishna fans ransacked the theatre as they failed to screen the complete movie and didn't display the poster of their favourite actor.Telugu cine goers are by now well versed with the psychofancy of the fansof big stars. In a bid to get a ticket for the latest flick 'Billa', a young fan of Prabhas died in a stampede at Urvasi theatre in Visakhapatnam recently. A Junior NTR fan died at Tadipatri, in a similar stampede.In the PVR incident, the show got cancelled and people who came to watchother movies also had to leave the premises.
Many accuse fans of disturbing their right to watch the film."I remember going with my family members to watch Pavan Kalyan's 'Jalsa' at Prasad's Multiplex. The fans danced and screamed all through the show.It was such an irritation. They can have fun but that doesn't mean they have the right to disturb others in the theatre. Fans are these days so unruly thatparents are scared to send their daughters to the theatres" says NamrataMatlapudi, an IT employee.
Youngsters say it is almost impossible to watch a movie on the first day ofthe releases of big actors. Youngsters say they face severe problems whenthey go to watch movies of stars like Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth, PavanKalyan, Mahesh Babu and Junior NTR.
"If we go to the theatres to watch the films of top stars on any given day,then most often we can't even listen to the dialogues in the film. The nuisance is too much for Pavan Kalyan, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna's movies. If it is the first day, then it is not worth watching the film as wecan't understand whats going on in the theatre" says Sriman Jetty, a moviebuff.
There are other fans who watch the movie ten times and spoil the plot of themovie by reading dialogues well in advance, tell their neighbours of whatsgoing to follow and howl at the 'mass' masala dialogues. There are instanceswhen fans worshipped their heroes once they seem them on the screen. Thefans often accuse the theatre of problems in the movie screening, delay inthe show, power cuts. If not any of these , they even create chaos in thetheatre demanding repetition of their favourite songs, scenes or dialogues.
" I remember watching Chiranjeevi's 'Tagore'. These fans performed a pooja, flew colour papers, whistled, screamed and danced infront of the screen. When the hero enters the scene, or if there is a fight scene, the fans are uncontrollable. Ever since, I stopped watching films on the first day.Sometimes i regret watching these big hero films due to unruly fans" says Y Bharathy, a student of Bhavan's College.
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