It’s not wrong to assume that movies influence viewers, albeit it can either be positive or negative. In a recent case, a 15-year-old boy from Rajendranagar in Hyderabad was hospitalised after smoking a packet of cigarettes for the first time. His source of inspiration—the hit Telugu film KGF’s lead character Rocky Bhai, played by Kannada star Yash. Which resulted in severe cough and throat ache complications. While the doctors have given a clean chit, they have advised parents to be more vigilant to habit children pick up under influence. Guess, the disclaimers running in the film were clearly ignored.

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