Hyderabad: Telugu star Allu Arjun’s movie Pushpa: The Rise, which is all set for a theatrical release on Friday is facing the ire of netizens as the #BoycottPushpainKarnataka is trending on twitter.
The hashtag, seeking people to boycott the Sukumar directorial is trending a day ahead of its release, as distributors of the movie are releasing the Telugu version in Karnataka upsetting several fans.
Allu Arjun fans in Karnataka took to twitter saying that they were not against Telugu or Telugu people to be boycotting the film, but in fact, irked by the distributers choosing to release the Telugu version in the State instead of the Kanadda version.
“Dear telugu people , we are not against Pushpa movie or telugu movies but when it comes to karnataka , Kannada version should be at the top , love from Alli Arjun fan ! no one is above Kannada ! #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka (Sic),” twitter user @NMocktail tweet.
Dear telugu people , we are not against Pushpa movie or telugu movies but when it comes to karnataka , Kannada version should be at the top , love from Alli Arjun fan ! no one is above Kannada ! #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka
— Nav_Mocktail (@NMocktail) December 16, 2021
Replying to the tweet, a Telugu person staying in Bengaluru wrote “As a telugu guy but staying in Bangalore I purely support our kannadigas either it may any language film it should be release in our Kannada in our Karnataka”
As a telugu guy but staying in Bangalore I purely support our kannadigas either it may any language film it should be release in our Kannada in our karnataka
— Greeshma thej (@GowthamNickle) December 16, 2021
Meanwhile, some users felt that Telugu was being imposed on people of Karnataka. In one such tweet, a user going by the handle @Dikshit46194286 wrote “NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE TEGULU IN KARNATAKA #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka”
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE TEGULU IN KARNATAKA #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka pic.twitter.com/PAk7k0MjKo
— 👑DEEKSHU KICHCHA 👑 (@Dikshit46194286) December 16, 2021
Here are some of the tweets posted by users seeking the boycott of the film ‘Pushpa: The Rise‘
I don't understand why pushpa has dubbed in kannada,if they don't have intension to release in kannada in Karnataka,don't watch pushpa in Karnataka, taken for granted #Pushpa #PushpaTheRiseOnDec17th @alluarjun #BoycottPushpainKannada #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka pic.twitter.com/KZdkjFLeEr
— Dilip (@dilipnaikr) December 16, 2021
Thumbs down to Kannada film actors who are intelligently silent seeing rampant Telugu release and no one is speaking it's Kannada version. Shame on Kannada film actors the main cartels #BoycottPushpaInKarnataka
— Avinash Bengaluru (@meavinash6262) December 16, 2021
Request to all Telugu Cinema Lovers and Allu Arjun Fans,here we are not against your actor/cinema we are opposing the distributors.Even we want to watch the film so we are protesting but only in KANNADA we are watching. Don't spread unnecessary hatred🙏#BoycottPushpaInKarnataka
— ಯಶಸ್ | Yashas (@NameIsYashas) December 16, 2021
Not this#BoycottPushpaInKarnataka
— KNP (@KNP_333) December 16, 2021
Tag this #boycottswagathdistributors pic.twitter.com/kFkOUjr5Ap
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