Producer and Telangana FDC Chairman Dil Raju addressed press about the theatres shutdown and Pawan Kalyan's anger about opposition for his film, Hari Hara Veera Mallu. He stated that nobody can dare to go against Pawan Kalyan and he is not in any position to take down anyone in the TFI. 

He explained that he owns only 50 theatres in Nizam and UA combined. Which is not even 1% of total theatres in Telugu States. He further stated that in total - he and Suniel Narang, Suresh Babu - own a total of 120 theatres in Nizam out of total 370 single theatres. So, he said that they are not forcing anything upon anyone. 

Dil Raju further stated that he first heard about the issue from East Godavari distributors asking for a solution to exhibition issues and problems related to percentages. Later, it reached Nizam and in April, they have started asking for exhibitors to come to discussion. 

Further, Dil Raju stated that exhibitors have decided to give a strike notice but not go for strike. He stated that media have taken the things out of proportion without giving any context to things. He opined that no one would want to close their theatres when big movies are coming one after another in coming months. 

He explained that April and May months have already got affected in business terms and this June, July, August, September months have huge films for TFI. He explained that he is not against anyone in Film Industry and expects everyone in Films to come together and take decisions as an unit.