You can’t miss the storm online from Ram Charan’s time in Bengaluru for ‘Peddi’. A video has been making the rounds, and it doesn’t look good for the security team. What was supposed to be a good-natured press meet has become something of a flashpoint, and people are left wondering about the safety of women at these high-profile affairs.
If you watch the footage from the venue, you see women making for the stage and being put in their place by security, which set off a bit of a shoving match in the stands. The backlash was quick. You have to ask: why let it get to that point? Where was the intervention?
Crowd control questioned at Bengaluru press meet
The one clip everyone is talking about has security in the act of pushing back on women who were trying to come forward. It comes across as heavy-handed, and for some fans, it put a damper on what should have been a more amiable atmosphere.
One post from an entertainment page put it bluntly: some of the women were manhandled by the guards. That has only fanned the flames. As of now, the makers and the stars have not put in a word to put those concerns to rest.
How the rush escalated on stage
Things came to a head while Ram Charan was in the middle of autographing a cricket bat for a kid. More fans made a beeline for the stage, and you could see the reins being let go. The videos of it didn’t take long to go viral.
Word is the actor’s hand – which has been a sore spot from an old on-set injury – was tugged in the scuffle. Some were there to put a garland on him before it all got out of hand. Then you have another fan with a camera who will tell you the star was dishing out love to the room. Reactions are all over the map.
Why this flashpoint matters to fans
It strips away the varnish of the whole promotional tour and leaves you with the hard truth about dignity and safety in public. Fans make the trip for a moment with the man of the hour; they don’t want to be met with chaos at a big-ticket event.
‘Peddi’ is riding on a lot of pan-India hype and Bengaluru is where you build some of that. If you are coming from far and wide for this, you want to see some order, some queuing, and someone to hold to account if the plan falls apart.
Here is what we are seeing in the footage and on socials:
– A video of female fans being put in their place is doing the rounds
– The stage gets crowded in the middle of a bat signing
– An old hand injury is said to have been re-aggravated
– Nothing from the official side yet
Peddi’s pitch: scale, sport, and star power
Put the fuss aside and the movie has its own draw. You have Ram Charan in a multi-hyphenate role as a cricketer, a wrestler, a sprinter – the kind of sports drama that is as much about the inner work as the physical.
Buchi Babu Sana is behind the camera. Janhvi Kapoor and Shiva Rajkumar are in the mix, as is Jagapathi Babu. Venkata Satish Kilaru of Vriddhi Cinemas is producing, with Ishan Saksena of IVY Entertainment on co-production. It is presented by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings.
Release plan and certification
We know when we’ll be in the theatre. 'Peddi' is set to open worldwide on June 4, 2026, with a first-look on the 3rd. It’s a U/A 16+ and you can put in 189 minutes for the running time.
The music is out, the events are on, but the Bengaluru thing means eyes are on more than just the marketing. You can bet there will be some talk of upping the security and managing the room a little better as they hit the next town.
The question is on the table: how do you make sure the next time you put a fan in front of the star, it’s a good time and not a bad one? How they handle that might well be the difference in how the audience feels come opening day.
