Prohibition to enter Vijayawada to promote the next film on NT Rama Rao, says Ramgopal Verma

Amaravati: The filmmaker Ramgopal Varma is not allowed to enter Vijayawada on Sunday to promote his latest film in Telugu, Lakshmi's NTR. He was arrested by the city police and sent back to Hyderabad for no reason.

"Sorry to inform you that the press meeting is canceled at 4 pm because the police stopped us and banned my entry to Vijaywada and forcibly returned to Hyderabad … Hey @ncbn, Where is democracy? Why is the truth stabbed in the back? "Varma asked later in a tweet

" Lakshmi's NTR " is based on the life of Telugu founder Desam and former chief minister, NT Rama Rao.
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The film is a representation of the events that led NTR's "dethronement" to a coup d'etat in August 1995 of his son-in-law, Chandrababu Naidu.
After the lifting of the electoral and high court hurdles ahead of the April 11 legislative elections, the film is expected to be released on May 1 st in Andhra Pradesh, although it has been screened at Screen earlier this month.

Varma, with The film's producer, Rakesh Reddy, and other members of the unit, planned to hold a press conference in Vijayawada, Sunday at 4 pm, to publicize the film.

He had booked a 3 star hotel for this purpose, but the hotel management would have canceled the reservation. We wanted to hold the press meeting at the hotel, but management canceled it as a result of a warning. Other hotels and clubs are also scared to welcome us, "tweeted Varma, announcing that he would hold the press conference at the NTR Circle in the city.

"Vijaywada hotels are warned not to welcome the #LakshmisNTR team … The first Novotel hotel canceled us and now the hotel Ilapuram .This after being paid off. advance … The people in power should understand that we can abuse the power to delay, but no one can stop the truth, "tweeted Varma.

While he was landing at Gannavaram airport in the afternoon, he was starting On his way to the city, the police arrested Varma and members of the film unit on the outskirts and brought them back to the airport.

"We were all arrested, forced to get off our cars and being forced to sit in their cars, told us that we are not allowed to enter or stay in Vijayawada. deposited at the airport, "said the director in a short video message posted on Twitter.

He said he did not understand why the police did all this.

"The police have the responsibility to maintain public order, but they are unable to say why they prevent them from entering a city.They do not have an answer.C & # 39; is what is happening and I will try to update it later, "added Varma.

A little later, he posted another message saying, "I can not communicate because they have blocked my account Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Live."

When contacted, a deputy police commissioner said there was "no authorization" for Varma to organize a press meeting on the road.

"We do not know the hotels, but the electoral code is in force and any public activity requires prior authorization.Since there is a possibility of breaching the peace, we do not have any. did not allow the film unit to visit the city, "he added.