The first look of Allu Arjun from Duvvada Jagannadham might have been opened to good applause on Saturday, but the unwarranted controversy has took away that happiness as the film’s shoot was stopped in the midway.
Going into details, the shooting of DJ was going on in Karnataka’s Beluru Chennakesava temple shrine. Only after taking all necessary permission from temple authorities, a set has been erected in the temple premises and the unit was all set to begin its shoot.
Apparently the set has a Shiva linga and that led to the controversy. Since it’s a Vaishnava temple, many devotees and locals have raised serious objections to having Shiv ling in temple premises. Also, they said to have raised concerns against to shooting in temple premises.
It started small, but sooner it turned out to be big. This led to huge ruckus and makers had to stop the film’s shoot midway and left the spot respecting the sentiments of locals. Few shots of the temple were taken and makers returned. Now director Harish Shankar is planning to shoot the planned sequences in Telangana or AP.
This is said have incurred loss as the expenditure on set, efforts of workers went waste and makers are now forced to look for alternative.