Actor Allu Arjun has reacted to the recent unfortunate incident in which his fans got severely injured at an event organized ahead of the release of his upcoming Telugu film Pushpa. He said he would be more careful next time and ensure such incidents don’t happen.
Several fans were severely injured after the organizers couldn’t handle the huge turnout for the fan meet event with Allu Arjun.
Talking about the incident, Arjun said in a media interaction, “Over 10,000 people attended our pre-release event on Sunday. I was informed that thousands of fans couldn’t gain entry for various reasons, and I thought I’ll meet all of them in a meet-and-greet fan event the next day. We had permission to have only 1000 people but over 5,000 showed up, so we had to cancel the event.
“It is very unfortunate that some fans were injured. My team informed me about the situation, and I was not happy with how things turned out. I will be more careful from next time and ensure such incidents don’t repeat,” he added.
Pushpa will be released in cinemas on Friday. Originally made in Telugu, the movie has been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
In the film, Arjun plays a lorry driver who smuggles red sandalwood. The film also stars Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna.
Produced by Mythri Movie Makers, the film features music by Devi Sri Prasad.
Pushpa, which will be released in two parts, marks the third collaboration between director Sukumar and Allu Arjun.