Pramod Madhav | Edited by Ganesh Kumar
Chennai, October 23, 2017 | UPDATED 21:06 IST
The complaint was filed in Anna Nagar police station in Tamil Nadu's Madurai.
A complaint was filed today against Kollywood actor Vijay for showing temples and central goverment schemes in a bad light in his controversial new film Mersal.
The complaint was filed in Anna Nagar police station in Tamil Nadu's Madurai.
On the day Mersal was released, Tamil Nadu BJP's president said some scenes showed GST and the Digital India scheme in a bad light. What's more, she wanted cuts to be made in the film.
A war of words followed. The DMK's spokesperson said BJP leaders were under the impression they were in North Korea, "where every scene of every movie must have the approval of (the) Supreme Leader."
Kamal Haasan backed Vijay. So did 'Ilayathalapathy's' father, the filmmaker SA Chandrasekar. Both artists pointed to the fact that the Censor Board had already cleared the film.
But on Saturday, Mersal producer Murali Ramaswamy said BJP leaders had been given an explanation. "If needed, we are ready to remove the scenes that are misleading," he said.
Meanwhile, the scene in which Vijay's character criticises compares India's GST with Singapore's, went viral.
Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja posted a series of tweets accusing actor 'Joseph VIjay' and the production house of the movie Mersal, saying they had included dialogues criticizing GST and calling the movie a 'Hate Modi' campaign.
WATCH | Official teaser trailer of Vijay's Mersal (Video courtesy: Sony Music India/YouTube)
