Sunny Leone’s maiden performance in Bengaluru passes off peacefully

A Kannada fringe group called Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Yuva Sene, which had threatened to disrupt the show, has said they were protesting because it would spoil culture of Bengaluru. They are also against Sunny playing the lead role in the historical, Veera Mahadevi.

Amid tight security, the maiden stage performance by Bollywood actor Sunny Leone in the city concluded without any hindrance.

Sunny Leone will star as the lead in multi-lingual Veera Mahadevi. (IANS)

Police had tightened the security in and around the venue fearing that the members of a fringe group, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Yuva Sene (KRVYS), would disrupt the show.

The pro-Kannada outfit had threatened to disrupt the event. Around 200 policemen in civil dress were deployed at the venue.

Members of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike raise slogans against actor Sunny Leone in Bengaluru on October 22, 2018. (PTI)

The KRVYS, an offshoot of pro-Kannada organisation Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, has been opposing the event for two reasons —first, the event would spoil the culture of Bengaluru and second, Sunny was playing the lead role in a multi-lingual movie Veera Mahadevi, a period drama portraying a warrior.

KRVYS state president R Harish said the agitation was called off as they had inputs that their rival group was planning to stage a parallel agitation only to defame them.

“We wanted a peaceful agitation. Our intention was never to create a commotion. Hence we backed off,” said Harish. The organisers had earlier planned to host the same event last year on December 31 night. However, it could not take place as the organisers had not obtained police permission.

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