Overview
- Team Allu Arjun and the Make‑A‑Wish Foundation posted a video on June 19 showing the actor meeting Shraddha, a young leukaemia patient, and the clip quickly went viral.
- In the footage Allu Arjun guides Shraddha through his Pushpa lines, jokes with her, calls her "damn cute," and invites her to visit Hyderabad when she recovers.
- Nampally Court has summoned Allu Arjun to appear in person on June 22 in the Sandhya Theatre stampede case and his legal team has said he will comply with the order.
- The stampede occurred on December 4, 2024 during a special Pushpa 2 screening at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad and left a woman, Revathi, dead and her son, Sritej, seriously injured.
- The pairing of the goodwill clip and the pending court appearance highlights the gap between the actor's public outreach and the ongoing legal process, and observers should watch the June 22 hearing for how the court advances the case and responds to the list of accused that includes Allu Arjun as A11.