Chiranjeevi's Native Village Angry

Chiranjeevi's worst fears appear to be coming true. 

The people in his own native place are beginning to hate him and started rejecting him and anything associated with his name. 

The much-awaited movie, starring Chiranjeevi's son Ramcharan Teja, is fcing hurdle across Seemandhra region. 

The movie has been released on Friday amidst fears over its commercial success, given the hostile atmosphere in the state building up against Chiranjeevi.

In Chiranjeevi's native village Mogultoor in West Godavari district, the movie faced social boycott. 

The people of the village did not allow screening of the movie. The agitation against bifurcation of the state has reached such a level that even megastar and his family ventures are facing obstacles in the Seemandhra.

In the entire Kadapa district, "Toofan", a Telugu version of Zanjeer, could not screened in the theatres in the wake of resistance put up by the Samaikyandhra activists. 

Similarly, it faced disruptions across the Seemandhra which is seething in anger against the elected representatives of the region who have failed to prevent the division of the state. The anger against Chiranjeevi is growing by the day.

It is only the business interests that are close to Chiranjeevi's heart, his detractors say. 

Even those who followed his film and political career from close quarters agree that it is always the commercial considerations that drive his decisions. 

They cite his decision to merge his Praja Rajyam Party with the ruling Congress in return for Rajya Sabha seat and union cabinet berth for himself and state cabinet posts for his close followers as the example of his approach.

With the agitation continuing to rock the Seemandhra region for 36 days and tempers running high, Chiranjeevi is growing anxious about the box office fate of the bilingual movie, a remake of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Zanjeer", a mega hit of the 1970s. 

Earlier, the Telangana heat had hit the action thriller "Evadu", starring Ramcharan Tej and Shruti Haasan. Chiranjeevi had personally intervened to see that the movie release date was adjusted to see that it did not clash with the announcement on Telangana.

The movie, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Vamsi Paidipalli, was originally slated for release on July 31. However, Chiranjeevi was apprehensive that the movie will take a beating commercially if its release coincides with the announcement on Telangana.The megastar had called up the film producer and got the release date postpones.