Actor Satya Raj’s remarks against Cauvery water dispute turned out to be a headache for Baahubali: The Conclusion. Outraged people of Karnataka are threatening to boycott Baahubali 2 in which Satya Raj played a key role as Kattappa.
Director Rajamouli is a worried man due to this unwanted controversy that is posing a threat to Baahubali’s prospects in Karnataka.
“Satya Raj garu is a nice person. I don’t know what he said against them, but those are his individual opinions. How can they target a movie for the comments made by a person?
He is just a character artist in the film. He is neither the producer nor the director. Moreover those comments were made nine years back and many of his movies released in Karnataka after that.
Even now a film or two of his are running in theaters. I don’t understand why they are specifically targeting Baahubali,” Rajamouli said while talking to a Bollywood news network.
As of now there isn’t any apology issued by Satya Raj and the Kannada associations that have decided to rally against Baahubali are still threatening to create problems for its run in Karnataka.