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Pushpa 2 Shooting Update: Allu Arjun's Co-Actor Jagadeesh Arrested; Shooting To Resume After He Gets A Bail
Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari aka Kesava in Pushpa: The Rise, who played the prominent side-kick to Allu Arjun in the much-acclaimed film, was arrested following a registered complaint of abetment to the suicide of a woman.
The Andhra Pradesh Police took the actor into custody on December 6 for further investigation. Police filed an FIR on Jagadeesh after his name was mentioned by the family members of a woman who committed suicide in Hyderabad a couple of days ago.
Jagadeesh, who rose to fame after playing Allu Arjun's Pushparaj's side-kick's role Kesava aka Mondelu, in Pushpa 1 aka Pushpa: The Rise, had done some films earlier. But Pushpa made him a popular face in the Tollywood. After Pushpa's release, he had done about 6 films. He is shooting for Pushpa 2 aka Pushpa: The Rule.
Pushpa 2 Shooting Schedules Tweaked
His arrest for abetting suicide now has impacted the shooting schedules of the movie being helmed by genius filmmaker Sukumar.
As per the available information, the makers of the film are now making changes to the shooting schedules to make sure the shooting of the film won't get disturbed due to his arrest. They are shuffling the dates and schedules to get things going. As far as his portions are concerned, the makers want to wait until he comes out on bail to finish up work with him, reportedly.
For the unversed, Jagadeesh was booked for blackmailing a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair before and after marriage, leading to the victim's death. As per the information that is reported, Jagadeesh (31) had developed an affair with a divorced woman belonging to Kakinada, who is trying to become an artist in Tollywood. The duo met in Hyderabad. They lived together and the woman believed they could marry. However, Jagadeesh got married to someone else and is also a father now.
After realizing this, the woman kept him at a distance. But, Jagadeesh kept frequenting her apartment. She moved on and on one such day, Jagadeesh reportedly filmed her in a compromising position through a window and blackmailed her. The other man who was with the woman even threatened to call the police, prompting Jagadeesh to flee her place.
Two days later, Jagadeesh allegedly blackmailed her through WhatsApp conversations threatening to leak the pictures. Vexed, the woman committed suicide in her flat on November 29. Jagadeesh was booked under IPC 354 (c), AND 306 Sections.
