In reaction to the movie Jai Bhim, the students’ wing of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has asked theatre owners in Cuddalore district not to screen the Suriya starrer Etharkkum Thunindhavan which is set for release on March 10.
In a letter addressed to Cuddalore Theatre Owners’ Association, L. Vijayavarman, State secretary of the PMK’s student wing claimed filmmaker T.J. Gnanavel had distorted the facts and portrayed the character of the Sub-Inspector of Police as belonging to the Vanniyar community in the movie Jai Bhim, produced by Suriya and his wife Jyothika.
“The movie had maligned the image of the community as a whole and portrayed them as casteists. Scenes in the movie had also insulted the Vanniyar community and its sacred symbol of ‘Agni Kalasam’, Mr. Vijayavarman claimed.
