After sensational revelations about the alleged nexus between money launderer Hasan Ali and politicians and film stars, there is a buzz in political circles that Ali, who owns a stud farm in Pune, had supplied top breed horses for the shooting of the hugely successful movie "Magadheera". The actor-turned-politician and Praja Rajyam Party President Chiranjeevi's son Ramcharan Teja plays the lead role in the film.
In fact, a black horse which appears prominently in the fantasy movie was specially picked up from the Pune farm owned by Hasan Ali. There are also rumours that Ramcharan had stayed in Pune to undergo training in horse-riding. Several action scenes in the movie, directed by Rajamouli, involve horses.
Though Chiranjeevi vehemently denied any links with Hasan Ali, it is said that at that time neither the actor nor any of his advisers had any knowledge about the nefarious activities of Ali. Some believe that It could be a case of professional arrangement between a stud farm owner and a film unit.
According to the report in a New Delhi based daily, Ali, who is now in the CBI custody, helped a former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and a prominent film star-turned politician to launder their ill- gotten wealth and pump it back to fund elections and movies. Investigators said Ali was not just laundering black money, but was also helping politicians and film stars access it whenever they wanted.
Though the report did not mention the names of these two leaders for want of documentary evidence, it was obvious that it was referring to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu and Chiranjeevi. The report said Ali had assisted at least two regional political parties of AP in routing back their black money for election campaigns during the past decade.
