Alleging that Annapurna Studios, a production house run by Akkineni Nageswara Rao, has been grabbing lands, several Telangana Congress leaders have joined their voices to those of TDP leaders, in decrying an alleged confluence between the 'land mafia', Tollywood, and the government.
Several leaders have come out and said that lands are being given to Annapurna Studios, and a few other entities related to Tollywood, at a fraction of their real price, as part of quid pro quo dealings. Adding credence to their allegations is the fact that Nagarjuna, Nageswara Rao's son, has been spotted at Chanchalguda Jail quite often lately, socialising with those accused in Y S Jagan's assets case.
Says K Kesava Rao, "This is a mafia being run in the name of cinema. It cannot be anything else. Tollywood is being dragged into the land mafia, and this is happening under the eyes of the government."