India, Feb. 3 -- Actor Allu Arjun, who was announced as the chief guest at the pre-release event of Thandel, didn't attend the show. His father-film producer, Allu Aravind, explained much later why Arjun wasn't able to come to the event. The pre-release event was held in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. (Also Read | Public entry barred at Naga Chaitanya, Sai Pallavi's Thandel pre-release event after Allu Arjun announced as chief guest)

The event was supposed to start at 5 pm but began around 8 pm. People waited on live till 11 pm to watch Allu Arjun, but he never turned up. Later Allu Aravind, who is presenting the film, said, I didn't get the chance to tell everyone this, I don't want anyone to misunderstand."

He added, "We thought Bunny w...