The
legacy
of
lege da y
acto
a d
fo me
Chief
Mi iste
of
A dh a
P adesh,
Na damu i
Ta aka
Rama
Rao,
lives
st o gly
i
the
mi ds
of
Telugu
audie ce.
K ow
simply
as
NTR
S ,
he
e joys
a
a e
place
i
the
histo y
of
Telugu
ci ema
a d
politics.
Natu ally,
a y
sce e
that
appea s
to
mock
o
dis espect
the
ico ic
acto
ca
quickly
become
a
se sitive
issue
amo g
his
admi e s.
NTR
fa s
slam
‘Ko ea
Ka aga aju’
sce es
The
co t ove sy
e upted
afte
a
sectio
of
NTR
fa s
objected
to
sce es
i
‘Ko ea
Ka aga aju’
featu i g
comedia
Satya
imitati g
the
lege da y
acto .
A
video
of
the
seque ces
su faced
o
social
media
a d
soo
t igge ed
st o g
eactio s.
T.
P asa a
Kuma ,
sec eta y
of
the
Telugu
Film
P oduce s
Cou cil,
said,
“Lege da y
NTR’s
fa s
we e
defi itely
hu t
by
the
sce es
i
Ko ea
Ka aga aju
whe e
Satya
imitates
NTR.
It
was
u pa do able.”
He
also
poi ted
to
the
imme se
espect
NTR
co ti ues
to
comma d
amo g
Telugu
audie ces,
ecalli g
Raji ika th’s
famous
admi atio
fo
the
late
acto .
The
backlash
gai ed
mome tum
pa ticula ly
ove
the
dialogue,
“You
st okes
a e
amateu ish,”
which
some
viewe s
felt
c ossed
the
li e
f om
comedy
i to
mocke y.
Va u
Tej
defe ds
‘Ko ea
Ka aga aju’
sce es
amid
social
media
backlash
Acto
Va u
Tej
has
defe ded
the
co t ove sial
po tio s,
maki g
it
clea
that
the e
was
o
i te tio
to
i sult
NTR.
“Those
po tio s
we e
shot
last
Novembe
with
the
same
dialogue.
The e
is
a
huge
diffe e ce
betwee
t olli g
a d
imitatio .
We
o ly
imitate
g eat
acto s.
We
eve
i te ded
to
dis espect
S .
NTR,”
he
said
at
a
p ess
meet.
Va u
poi ted
out
that
acto s
a e
ofte
imitated
as
pa t
of
comedy
a d
ecalled
his
ow
imitatio
of
Pawa
Kalya
i
‘F3’.
“It’s
o ly
i
a
fu
space.
We
imitate
them
o ly
because
they
a e
g eat
acto s.
We
eve
had
a y
w o g
i te tio s.
Social
media
eactio s
a e
ot
i
ou
co t ol.
People
a e
e joyi g
the
sce es
i
theat es,”
he
added.
P asa a
Kuma ,
howeve ,
felt
the
co t ove sy
could
affect
the
film’s
positive
mome tum.
About
‘Ko ea
Ka aga aju’
cast,
sto y
a d
the
co t ove sy
‘Ko ea
Ka aga aju’
featu es
comedia
Satya
i
a
p omi e t
ole
a d
uses
his
comic
pe fo ma ce
as
o e
of
the
film’s
majo
att actio s.
The
movie
ble ds
comedy
a d
e te tai me t,
with
seve al
seque ces
built
a ou d
popula
efe e ces
a d
celeb ity
imp essio s.
While
the
make s
have
mai tai ed
that
the
NTR- elated
sce es
we e
i te ded
pu ely
fo
humou ,
the
backlash
has
highlighted
how
ca efully
filmmake s
eed
to
app oach
efe e ces
i volvi g
lege da y
pe so alities.NTR’s
legacy
ca ies
a
lot
of
emotio al
value
fo
Telugu
audie ces
as
such,
a d
the
debate
a ou d
the
film
is
bigge
tha
just
o e
comedy
sce e.
With
the
discussio
co ti ui g
o li e,
the
make s
will
be
hopi g
the
co t ove sy
does
ot
ove shadow
the
ove all
eceptio
of
the
film.
