Fans, activists train guns on Vijay’s Thuppakki
Indian National League on Monday submitted a petition to the home secretary seeking a ban on Vijay’s Deepavali Tamil blockbuster Thuppakki.
Agitated over the alleged poor portrayal of Muslims in the film, Vijay’s die-hard Muslim fans have threatened to dissolve fan clubs. They alleged that the movie crew did not remove the objectionable scenes even after agreeing to do so at the meeting held last week.
“It is a big shock and we can’t digest the fact that our icon Vijay’s film has showed Islam in poor light. We have been ardent fans of Vijay for over a decade from the time when his film Pudhiya Geethai was released. I don’t know how Mr Vijay has accepted a role that depicts people from a specific religion as terrorists,” Bhutto, a senior office-bearer, Vijay Parakkum Padai Fans Club of Alwarthoppu, Palakkaari, a predominant Muslim locality in Tiruchy, told DC over the phone on Monday.
Several discontented Vijay fans had decided to dissolve fans club and they had been in touch with several other fan clubs run by Muslims across the state.
“We have decided to dissolve Vijay’s fan clubs and have been discussing with office-bearers of other fan clubs’ of southern districts,” said Umar Ali, another member adding that this was the first time they skipped watching Vijay’s movie.
Earlier in the day, members of Indian National League party led by general secretary J. Abdul Raheem submitted a representation to the home secretary at the secretariat seeking to ban the film.
Mr Raheem told reporters that several fan clubs had decided to dissolve the clubs. Since he was not allowed to meet the home secretary, Mr Rajagopal left his representation at his office.
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