Ram Gopal Varma who managed to rake in moolah in Raktacharitra-I thanks to reel load of controversies the movie evoked seems to avoid them like plague in Raktacharitra-II. Though the trailers of part-II that were screened in the climax of Part-I declared that the movie will release on November 19th, Varma has postponed the release to December 3rd now. Sources close to the Varma tell us that since Godman Satya Sai Baba's birthday falls on Nov 23rd which is just four days after the release, RGV decided not to release his film on Nov 19.
Raktacharitra-II as the title suggests is filled with scenes of blood as it deals with the faction fued between the families of Paritala Ravi and Maddhelacheruvu Suri in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Incidentally, since Satya Sai Baba's ashram 'Prashanti Nilayam' at Puttaparthi is also in the same district, Varma has decided to postpone the release of the film to avoid any untoward disturbance to Baba and his devotees on his birthday in his district.
"The second part of Raktacharitra has very high expectations because the story in this part is more recent occurence that the first part. Besides, Tamil Superstar Suriya is acting in this part. The people in Anantapur are polarised between the two faction groups and if the story of the movie doesn't suit their affiliation towards their group, they might turn violent. This is surely going to disturb the birthday celebrations of Satyasai Baba as his ashram is in the same district" said a source on condition of anonymity.
When contacted, the co-producer of the film Raj Kumar admitted that Baba's birthday is one of the factors for postponment of the release, the others being the release of Ramcharan Tej's 'Orange' in the same week and post-production work of the movie.
"A few have brought to our notice that the release of RC-II is closer to the date of Baba's birthday.Besides, Ramcharan's 'Orange' is releasing in the same week which will leave us with fewer theatres to release our film. Since Charan's 'Magadheera' was a blockbuster, it is obvious that exhibitors are keen to screen his film. Also the post-production work of Raktacharitra-II is still in progress. The sum of all these factors forced us to delay the release of our film." Rajkumar said.
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