Hyderabad: Allu Arjun’s newly-launched Allu Cinemas has sparked an online discussion after fans noticed that several legendary directors were missing from its ‘wall of greats.’
Allu Cinemas was launched in Kokapet, near Hyderabad, on Thursday evening, with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy being the chief guest.
Multiple videos and pictures of the cinema hall showed a wall dubbed as the ‘Wall of Greats’ celebrating legendary directors from across the globe.
Among the directors included on the ‘wall of greats’ are SS Rajamouli, Sukumar, Trivikram Srinivas, Mani Ratnam, Vetrimaaran, Atlee, Rishab Shetty, Prashanth Neel, Lijo Jose Pellissery, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Sandeep Reddy Vanga from the Indian film industry, along with some notable foreign filmmakers.
Reacting to the ‘wall of greats’, an internet user commented, “Atlee is there but Shankar isn’t. Please explain this BS. In Kannada, Upendra isn’t there but Neel and Rishabh are there. Moverover in Telugu, couldn’t spot K Vishwanath but Sandeep Vanga is there.”
“Instead of kids like Atlee, Shetty, Neel, SRV should be Vinayak, Puri, Vaitla,” opined another.
One person, who believed that legendary Telugu directors should have been included, wrote, “Kv reddy,Vittalacharya, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Bapu, Raghavendra Rao, jhandhyala, Dasari narayan rao kuda unte baundu. (Would’ve been nice to include KV Reddy, Vittalacharya, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Bapu, Raghavendra Rao, Jandhyala, Dasari Narayana Rao).”
Someone questioned, “Where is RGV man?”
An X user wrote, “RAMYA KRISHNAN husband ledenti (Why is Ramya Krishnan’s husband (Krishna Vamsi) not included?)”
However, a section of netizens believed that the wall was only for directors Arjun wants to work with or has worked with in the past.
“The WALL OF GREATS means people worked with Allu Arjun and the people Allu Arjun wanted to work with,” reasoned one fan.
“Puri Jagannadh????? Ram Gopal Varma????? Shankar????? wtf is this “wall of greats” without them???” said another user.
Allu’s wife Sneha Reddy, father Allu Aravind, the actor’s brother Allu Sirish and his newly wed wife Nayanika Reddy were present at the launch event.
