Allu Arjun donates ₹25 lakh to fan’s family, who died during Pushpa 2’s premiere

The actor released a video about a fan’s death at the premiere of Pushpa 2: The Rule.

Allu Arjun, who is currently basking in the massive box office success of his latest film, Pushpa 2: The Rule, released a video on social media. He mentioned donating ₹25 lakh to a fan’s family who died during Pushpa 2’s premiere. He urged all his fans to remain careful when they visit the theatres to watch films on premiere day.

Allu Arjun donates ₹25 lakh to a fan’s family.

Posting a video on X, Allu Arjun responded to the death of a fan during the premiere of his film Pushpa 2: The Rule. On December 4, when the actor visited Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad with his family to watch the film with fans, it resulted in a stampede, which left one female fan dead and her son hospitalized.

Pushpa 2 star responds to fan’s death.

Allu Arjun posted a 3-minute-47-second video and talked about the fan’s death, captioning it, “Deeply heartbroken by the tragic incident at Sandhya Theatre. My heartfelt condolences go out to the grieving family during this unimaginably difficult time. I want to assure them they are not alone in this pain and will meet the family personally. While respecting their need for space to grieve, I stand committed to extend every possible assistance to help them navigate through this challenging journey.”

“The massive turnout was unexpected.”

Speaking in Telugu, Allu Arjun said that the massive turnout was unexpected. He said, “When we went to the premieres of Pushpa recently at RTC Crossroads, unexpectedly, there was a massive turnout. We found out the next morning that a family was injured in the crowd, and a mother of two children, Revathi, unfortunately, died.” He added, “In the last 20 years, I have been to the theatres for almost every film; something like this has never happened. We were very disappointed and shocked, none of us feel like celebrating. We make films so people can enjoy the film in theatres, so to learn that something like this happened…I can’t put it in words.”

Allu Arjun revealed that he has donated ₹25 lakh to the grieving family of the dead woman, promising to not just cover their medical expenses but to take care of whatever the children might need in the future as much as he can.