Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s Telugu movie ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’ will not be released in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as election authorities said the orders restricting the film’s screening were still in force. The biopic was planned to be released on May 1. Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi asked Varma to adhere to the Election Commission's April 10 order, restricting the exhibition of the film till further orders.

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It had said that any biopic material in the nature of biography/hagiography sub-serving the purpose of any political entity or an individual entity connected to it, which is intended to, or which has the potential to disturb the level playing field during the elections should not be displayed in electronic media including cinematography during the operation of Model Code of Conduct.

RGV, as Varma is popularly known, had announced plans to release the movie on May 1. High drama marred his visit to Vijayawada on Sunday as police sent him back to the airport in view of his plans to address media on the road after a hotel denied him permission to address the press conference. Police had cited the model code of conduct still in force for its action while RGV alleged that there was no democracy in Andhra Pradesh.

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