Prakash Raj on Sunday urged the Andhra Pradesh government to end the onslaught on 'Bheemla Nayak', which hit the screens on Feb 25. Without explicitly talking about the nature of the agenda-driven targeting of the Pawan Kalyan-starrer, the versatile artist said that cinema should be let to thrive.

"Why this abuse of power and display of hegemony to curb a creative film industry? Should we naively believe you when you suppress the film industry on the one hand and claim to be encouraging it on the other hand?" Prakash Raj asked.

He opined that any political differences should be resolved in the sphere of politics. "Why bring the politics of vendetta to the realm of box-office?" Prakash Raj asked.

Indirectly supporting Pawan Kalyan, he wrote that nobody can constrain the outpouring of genuine love (for the hero of 'Bheemla Nayak').

Last week, Prakash Raj was in the news for being seen in the company of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, among others.