Most Controversial Movies That Shook Tollywood

TFI has delivered movies that were blockbuster hits and at the same time few films have also made highly controversial due to sexual or abusive content in the films. Here is the list of controversies which made headlines in the news.

Controversial Movies in Tollywood
Controversial Movies in Tollywood

Duvvada Jaggandam

Duvvada Jagannadham Movie
Duvvada Jagannadham Movie

This action-comedy movie was on one of the most controversial movies of its time. A couple of Brahmin organizations complained that a few of the scenes in the movie were demeaning to their groups. The community was being misrepresented especially in an offensive manner. The Brahmana Abhyudaya Seva Samithi wanted the director Harish Shankar and producer to apologize for the wrong lyrics and dialogues.

Daruvu

Daruvu Movie
Daruvu Movie

Ravi Teja’s Daruvu had title issues. One person raised a claim that ‘Daruvu’ is the name of one of Telangana’s cultural associations. He also said that, when such an association functions to ensure Telangana’s cultural protection, it is insulting to use the same title for a film that has vulgar content. They demanded that the movie title is changed. Some of the agitators even arrived at the audio function that was held at Prasad Labs and raised slogans.

Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu

Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu Movie
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu Movie

This movie starring Pawan Kalyan and Tamannaah as lead characters gave rise to a protest led by TDP, YSRC and Telengana activists. They were agitated because the story and some of the dialogues in the movie were aimed at them. They also went on to create havoc at the director, Puri Jagannadh’s office and destroy it. The situation further led to issues between the director and DVV Danayya, the producer of the film.

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Movie
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Movie

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum which revolved around a mining mafia created quite a lot of controversies. In the film, the Mafia Dons of Bellary and the atrocious crimes they commit are shown. A particular group of people claimed that the portrayal in the movie was quite similar to the life of the BJP Leader Gali Janardhan Reddy. Media also stated that the character was shown negatively as Reddappa. The director, Krish addressed the media by giving diplomatic answers to the questions regarding the controversy.

Bus Stop

Bus Stop Poster
Bus Stop Poster

This movie was not appreciated by a large group of students because of its double meaning dialogues and misleading scenes. Protests were held in Hyderabad at Sandhya Theater by student organizations. They burnt down the movie’s flexes and created chaos to ban the movie. Powerful slogans were aimed at the censor board as the film was certified even before it was appropriately censored.

Inspite of all these controversies, Tollywood continues to make a huge amount of profit and run successfully. In terms of generation of revenue, TFI is responsible for one percent of the region’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). It is also home to numerous Guinness Records.

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