There is a new twist in the tale of Allu Arjun’s 2020 Telugu blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’s dubbed Hindi release in theatres. 

Ever since the theatrical release of the Allu Arjun starrer was announced, the reports had stated that makers of its Hindi remake Shehzada starring Kartik Aaryan aren’t happy about it and rightly so. 

In fact, Paresh Rawal, who plays an important role in the Hindi remake had expressed shock over the theatrical release of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo in Hindi. 

Now, a report in ETimes has claimed that Allu Arjun’s father Allu Aravind, the producer of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, has arrived in Mumbai to talk to the producer Manish Shah of Goldmines Telefilms, who owns the rights to the Hindi version of the Telugu film, to stop the theatrical release of AVPL. 

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The reason Allu Aravind is reportedly stopping Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo to release theatrically in Hindi is that he is also the co-producer of the Hindi remake Shehzada. 

A source told the website, “The Kartik Aaryan starrer Shehzada (with Kriti Sanon opposite him) is the official Hindi remake of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, which Allu Aravind is co-producing with Bhushan Kumar and Aman Gill. Allu Aravind would ideally like 'Shehzada' to be the only Hindi version of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.” 

The source further added, “Allu Aravind had arrived in Mumbai yesterday with his team and the meetings with Shah went on for two days. We shall soon know, January 26 is not far away.” 

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There were also reports that Kartik had met Manish Shah to try and persuade him to not release the Hindi dubbed version of the film. When asked about it, Shah told ETimes, “Kartik has not met me but they are feeling that the release of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will affect the business of Shehzada. So we are now looking at the best way forward to ensure that Shehzada is not affected.”  

Earlier, Manish Shah had confirmed that he will release the Hindi dubbed version on January 26 and doesn’t believe it will affect Shehzada. But now, he has changed his stance, which means we may soon get to hear the official announcement of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo theatrical release being deferred.  

© Goldmines Telefilms

A source had informed Pinkvilla, “From all angles, there has been tremendous pressure to not let Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Hindi version get released. There’s a high possibility that the release of the Hindi dubbed version of Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will be stalled to make way for Kartik’s Shehzada. The final decision will likely be taken by tomorrow evening.”

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