Hyderabad, Dec. 5 -- A year after the tragic stampede at Sandhya theatre in Hyderabad during the premiere show of Allu Arjun-starred film "Pushpa-2: The Rule," which claimed the life of a 39-year-old woman M Revathi, her 10-year-old son Sri Tej continues to remain in a virtual vegetative state and bed-ridden with no signs of returning to normal life in the near future.

On Thursday, Sri Tej's father Bhaskar met Telangana state film and theatre development corporation chairman Dil Raju and sought additional financial help from the state government, as he was incurring huge expenses on the rehabilitation therapy of his son.

"The doctors said Sri Tej requires at least another six months of treatment to return to normalcy. The Allu Arjun tea...