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Time of India
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
No SC order on vigilantes, it says state to act against violent acts
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lay down guidelines or impose costs on a vigilante group threatening the release of Kamal Haasan-starrer 'Thug Life' in Karnataka and closed the proceedings, saying the state should act against anybody preventing the screening or resorting to violence. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'Thug Life' has not been released in Karnataka yet because of the threat of violence by those protesting against Haasan's remark about Tamil being the mother of Kannada. When the PIL petitioner said it was a state minister who had made a statement to whip up passions, the bench said, "It is unfortunate but after some lashing, the state has filed an affidavit. We hope better sense prevails and vigilante groups will never do it in future. Once the state has corrected itself and understood its duties and taken a conscious and wise decision to maintain law and order, there is no need to keep the matter pending. " When the petitioner continued to press for laying down guidelines to curb vigilante groups' threat of violence to stop release of censor board cleared films on diverse pretexts, state govt counsel D L Chidanand deftly drew the court's attention to the presence of the film's producer, Rajkamal Film International, and requested the bench to seek its view. For the producer, senior advocate Satish Parashar said though non-release of the film in Karnataka had cost the producer nearly Rs 30 crore, it was now satisfied with the state govt's stand and did not intend to pursue the petition, which was transferred to Supreme Court from Karnataka high court on Tuesday. Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), through Udayan Jain, too said that though it was in negotiation with the producer to resolve the impasse arising from Haasan's statement on Kannada language, in view of the state's stand, it would not oppose release of the film in the state. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now It also questioned KFCC for seeking an apology from Haasan. For one of the intervenors, senior advocate Sanjay Nuli said language was a very emotive subject for the people of Karnataka and the actor should have exercised restraint rather than indulging in such publicity gimmicks on the eve of release of the film. The bench said, "If the actor devised the publicity strategy, you fell for it. You file a defamation suit against the actor, but cannot take the law into your hands."
Hindustan Times
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Kamal Haasan moves Karnataka HC after KFCC bans release of movie Thug Life
Veteran actor and politician Kamal Hasaan on Monday moved the Karnataka high court seeking the release of his upcoming film 'Thug Life', which has been stalled by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce over his controversial remarks on the Kannada language. As per news agency ANI, the actor filed this petition through the CEO of his company - Rajkamal Film International. The actor has appealed to the court to restrain the government, police department and Film Chamber of Commerce from stopping the screening of the movie. Furthermore, he has also petitioned for proper security for the movie screening. Kamal Haasan stoked controversy after he, during a promotional event for Thug Life last month, said that "Kannada was born out of Tamil." The remark triggered massive row in Karnataka with politicians and film associations slamming the actor. Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra called on Haasan to issue an apology. "One must love their mother tongue, but flaunting arrogance in its name is a mark of cultural bankruptcy. Especially for artists, it is essential to possess the ethos of respecting every language," the BJP leader wrote on X. The actor later clarified his remark amid the row and stated that politicians are not "qualified to talk about language." "I think what I said was said out of love and with a lot of historians who taught me language, history and that I didn't mean anything. Politicians are not qualified to talk about language. They don't have the education enough to talk about it. That includes me. So let's leave all these very in depth discussions to historians, archaeologists and language experts. We are a family and so are the languages," he was quoted as saying by PTI.
