Petta Telugu theatrical rights have been acquired by Ashok Vallabhaneni and he made some unusual and harsh comments on Dil Raju, Allu Aravind and UV Creations that most of the theatres have been blocked for their films. He called them dogs and this triggered controversies all over. Top producer Dil Raju produced F2 and is distributing Vinaya Vidheya Rama for Nizam and Vizag territories. Both the films are hitting the screens during this season.

Responding on this Raju said “All the Telugu films NTR, Vinaya Vidheya Rama and F2 release dates have been announced six months ago. Ashok was saying that he wanted to release Petta on January 18th but soon joined the race. I lost lot of money last year as a distributor. We are finding it tough to accommodate theatres for three Telugu films during this Sankranthi season. It is not fair for Ashok Vallabhaneni to make such comments” said Dil Raju in an official statement.