Film director gets threat calls

HYDERABAD: Director N Shankar of 'Jai Bolo Telangana' fame has approached police claiming that he was receiving threat calls and SMSs from people declaring themselves to be fans of actor Pawan Kalyan. The director began getting the threat calls shortly after he appealed to the government to ban the screening of the actor's latest release 'Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu' for its allegedly anti-Telangana dialogues. Shankar approached Banjara Hills police late on Saturday with the complaint that he had received several phone calls and SMSs from people claiming to be Pawan's fans. Based on the complaint, police have booked a case under sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66 of the IT Act on Sunday and increased patrolling at the director's residence in Srinagar Colony.