Hyderabad : The Telangana High Court on Thursday reserved its orders on release of political thriller ‘Yyuham’ of well-known filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma.
After hearing the arguments from both sides Justice Surepalli Nanda reserved orders on the petition by producer Dasari Kiran Kumar, who pleaded for vacating the interim order suspending release of the movie in theatres.
The producer’s counsel A. Venkatesh submitted to the court that if it believes that the film may influence the forthcoming elections in Andhra Pradesh, it may give permission for the release in Telangana.
However, the counsel of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary Nara Lokesh raised an objection.
The film, which is allegedly defamatory towards former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu, was scheduled to release on December 29.
Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh had approached the High Court, challenging the censor certificate for the movie.
On December 28, Justice Surepalli Nanda had suspended the release on the ground that the Revising Committee failed to state reasons for granting a Certificate of Exhibition when initially the application had been rejected noting a series of irregularities. The court that no major deletions or the changes were made, the Revising Committee granted the certificate.
The court directed the Central Board of Film Certification, Revising Committee, and producer of the movie to place all records pertaining to the movie before the Court on the next date of hearing.
The film is said to be about the conditions surrounding the passing of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and the political entry of his son Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is now the Chief Minister.
Lokesh had petitioned the Telangana High Court to overturn the film’s certificate of authorization for theatrical distribution, claiming that attempts were being made to damage Chandrababu Naidu’s reputation in the contentious film.
The lawyer for the TDP leader had claimed that Chandrababu Naidu was the target of defamatory remarks made throughout the entire movie. According to reports, Jagan Mohan Reddy plays the protagonist in the movie and Naidu is the antagonist.
The producer of the movie had appealed the temporary order to a division bench of the High Court on January 2. According to his legal representative, the film’s release suspension has cost the director crores of rupees.
The court had declined to intervene with the order issued by the lone judge, though.
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