Is Mohanlal a Sangh Parivar guy ? Salaar to pull out of PVR cinemas

Will Mohanlal attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla on January 24 in Ayodhya ?. This is the most raging topic after media reported that the actor and Mata Amritanandamayi were invitees to the Ram temple innaguration. Rajinikanth, Dhanush and Chiranjeevi names figure from the South film celebs on invitee list. In none of these States there is no resistance to these actors attending the event. But in Kerala, this is a big topic. Those in the view that Lal should not attend points out that he is a Star with a fan following that has people from all religions and if he attends it, it would alienate minorities and also show that he is a Sanghi ( pet name for RSS worker). Others say that as an individual, he can attend any function and by just attending this function does not make him a Sangh Parivar member. Even if he declines due to personal reasons, it cannot be seen as disapproval of Sangh Parivar is another point. Rajinikanth post Jailer went on a spiritual journey across North India including UP. Here he touched the feet of CM Yogi Adithynath and got photographed with a BJP MLA with a criminal background. Though there were criticisms, nothing much happened. The surprise package is that Dhanush has found a place in the invitee list. Mohanla Neru released today and facing Dunki and Salaar for eyeballs is now overshadowed by Ram Janamabhoomi controversy.

Salaar Hindi version has got less screens than Dunki in North India and especially in PVR Chains of theatres. This is seen as method to boost Dunki and pull down Salaar in North. In retaliation, Salaar makers have threatened to not screen in any PVT theatres in South. Yet there is another reason and that is PVR CEO has sung a song in Dunki and so the favoritism. Now PVR has agreed to renegotiate screens as it realizes that Salaar advance bookings are record breakers in the South. Ironically, Tollywood is quiet as it feels that Salaar frequent cancellation of release dates affected business of many medium films.