AP Police To Provide Security For Thoofan/Zanjeer Release
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By Ians English
On
Thursday,
the
Andhra
Pradesh
High
Court
has
directed
the
police
to
provide
security
for
the
smooth
release
and
screening
of
Hindi
film
Zanjeer
and
its
Telugu
version
Thoofan
starring
actor
Ram
Charan
Teja,
son
of
Union
Tourism
Minister
K
Chiranjeevi,
and
Bollywood
actress
Priyanka
Chopra
in
leads.
The
court
asked
the
director
general
of
police
to
provide
necessary
security
to
theatres
screening
the
two
movies
throughout
the
state
from
Friday.
Zanjeer
and
Thoofan,
which
are
set
to
be
released
across
the
state
on
September
6,
are
currently
witnessing
political
turmoil
over
the
decision
to
carve
out
separate
Telangana
state.
Reliance
Big
Entertainment
Pvt.
Ltd
had
moved
the
court
seeking
directions
to
the
government
to
take
steps
for
smooth
screening
of
the
two
films
in
view
of
threats
from
some
quarters.
The
petitioner
feared
obstacles
to
the
screening
of
the
movies
in
the
wake
of
these
threats.
Reliance
entertainment
informed
the
court
that
it
has
invested
several
crores
of
rupees
to
produce,
market
and
distribute
the
movies.
The
company
said
it
had
already
signed
contracts
with
several
theatres
for
screening
the
films.
The
company
moved
the
court
as
its
representation
to
the
police
did
not
evoke
any
response.
Some
groups
in
Seemandhra
(Rayalaseema
and
coastal
Andhra)
have
threatened
to
disrupt
screening
of
the
movies
to
protest
what
they
call
Chiranjeevi's
failure
to
oppose
strongly
the
proposed
bifurcation
of
the
state.
The
movies
may
also
face
problems
in
Telangana,
where
some
groups
alleged
that
Chiranjeevi
was
trying
to
stall
the
formation
of
a
separate
state.
In
the
past,
films
of
Chiranjeevi,
his
brother
Pawan
Kalyan
and
Ram
Charan
have
had
to
face
the
ire
of
pro-Telangana
groups.