Legal Notice To RAM GOPAL VARMA - The Inside Details of RAKTHA CHARITRA

Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rakta Charitra’ has been causing enough noise to catch the attention of many and now it has reached the stage of controversy. Well, the genius director received a warning of sorts in the form of a legal notice and this has come from Anantapur, the land of factions. Addressed to Ramu’s both addresses in Hyderabad and Mumbai, this was sent from Uma Rani w/o late Narasimha Reddy and Usha Rani w/o Chandra Prasad. This has been served on behalf of Anuradha w/o S Gunakar Reddy and S Suneetha w/o Jakeer Hussain who are the other sisters and the daughters of late Chenna Reddy and his wife Parvathamma. As a backdrop, the notice gives details of the power battle in Penukonda constituency between Gangula Narayana Reddy and Paritala Sri Ramulu from two faction families. After a series of killings from either ends, both leaders got killed in faction murders. In 1991, Sane Chenna Reddy came to power and this was opposed by Paritala Ravi s/o Sri Ramulu. Soon, Chenna Reddy was allegedly killed by Ravi and that went on to the killing of Chenna Reddy’s two sons. In came Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Suri and the battle between Ravi and Suri began. Finally, Ravi got killed and Suri is currently on bail facing charges of murder. Now, the notice from the clients said that they have heard from several sources that Ramu’s film ‘Rakta Charitra’ is based on his discussions with families of Suri and Ravi but he never cared to get in touch with Sane Chenna Reddy’s family so the genuiness of facts is being questioned. That Ramu has shown both Obul Reddy and Ramana Reddy sons of Chenna Reddy in bad light which affects the reputation and image of their family. That Obul Reddy was shown as a rapist in the film whereas in reality, the crimes of rape were allegedly committed by Raghunath Reddy, brother of Suri. That both Ramana Reddy and Obul Reddy were depicted as villains in the film while Suri and Ravi were depicted as heroes, this is understood from the teasers and other media sources. Since Chenna Reddy was an MLA during the time of his assassination and his son Ramana Reddy was an ex-MLA, the family’s reputation is being put at stake due to the film. In view of the above points, the notice served to RGV has demanded that all those scenes must be deleted from the film ‘Rakta Charitra’ and even the dialogues which may affect the reputation of the Sane family must be removed. They have also demanded that a script of the film be sent to the advocate who has issued the notice failing which necessary legal action would be taken. The copies of this was sent to Secretary, Home & Cinematography, Regional Office Censor Board with a request to stop issuing a certificate to the film.