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Baahubali 2 release stalled in Karnataka for Sathyaraj Comments on Cauvery Issue


A controversy over a Baahubali actor Sathyaraj’s alleged anti-Kannada comment nine years ago threatens to stall the release of the second edition of the epic fantasy film by SS Rajamouli in Karnataka next week with fringe groups on Thursday insisting on an apology from him.

The controversy had broken out after a video in which actor Sathyaraj made the alleged anti-Kannada comments in the context of the Cauvery river water row surfaced a fortnight back and went viral. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are locked in a dispute over sharing of Cauvery waters.


Director SS Rajamouli sought to distance himself and his Baahubali 2 team from the comments that have led to a protest in Karnataka against the film’s release. He said the filmmakers were in no way related to the remarks.

He appealed to the activists of some Kannada fringe groups not to stall the release of the film.
But the appeal, made in Kannada, failed to pacify the Kannada outfits, who have called for a ‘Bengaluru Bandh’ on April 28, the date of the release of the much-anticipated film, as they insisted on an apology by Sathyaraj, who plays a key character.


“We are not against the film or Rajamouli. Until Sathyaraj tenders unconditional apology, our protest will continue,” Vatal Nagaraj, who heads Kannada Okoota, an umbrella organization of Kannada bodies, said, in response to Rajamouli’s appeal.

“There will be a Bengaluru Bandh on April 28 and also there will be protests across the state. We can’t accept anything else other than apology by Sathyaraj.”

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