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Vijay Deverakonda Calls Out Organised Negative Online Campaigns in Film Industry

India Today's Apoorva Jeyachandran reports on actor Vijay Deverakonda speaking out against what he claims are organised negative online campaigns in the film industry. Deverakonda, taking to social media platform X, highlighted a controversy surrounding a film of 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi. He questioned that if such a renowned actor 'can be subjected to this kind of behavior, then what about the rest?'. Deverakonda stated that these negative campaigns are intentionally organised to target specific films and personalities. The actor also drew a parallel to his own past film, 'Dear Comrade', which he said had received similar negative online commentary, reinforcing his point about the challenges faced by actors in the industry.

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