The stampede and the subsequent death of a house wife during Pushpa The Rule screening at Sandhya Theatre, Hyderabad snowballed into a huge controversy with Telangana cops arresting Allu Arjun and now opposing his regular bail in the court.
To the top of it, CM Revanth Reddy accused Allu Arjun being inhuman and unsympathetic and branded him as a criminal. In the midst of all this, star Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor came in support of Allu Arjun. He said "When I first saw Ajith’s film releasing at 1 am, I was shocked to see 20,000 to 25,000 people outside the theatre. After I came out of the show at around 4 am, there were still that many people outside. I am told the same thing happens with films of Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, or present-day stars like Jr NTR, Ram Charan, and Mahesh Babu."
He added "Ticket rates are inflated on the first two days or at least the first day for extra shows. That is why this situation has arisen where, unnecessarily, Allu Arjun was dragged and blamed for the death of a fan. It was only because of the crowd that had gathered to see the film,"