Historical big-budget Bollywood film Padmavati has been in the headlines for the past few days. Many prominent celebrities have come forward to support the film while some of the political leaders have expressed their displeasure.
Politician H Raja opens up about this issue, “When you make a film based on a historical event, you should not twist or falsify it. You cannot make a misappropriate dance video of queen Padmavati. Tomorrow, will they make a cinema featuring Mumtaj and Chatrapathi Sivaji dancing together? What shameful act this is? I wonder how Kamal Haasan encouraged this film? I guess Kamal has made it a point to support all perverted ideas. I don't think this is right. A historical event should never be distorted."
Many prominent Tamil film celebrities have condoled the passing away of producer Ashok Kumar.
Yesterday politician Tamilisai Soundararajan criticized Kamal for not tweeting against usury that forced Ashok to kill himself.
Now Kamal Haasan has voiced his concern about this long going usury problem. He says these loan sharks are tormenting the lives of everyone from farmers to the richest; this needs to be stopped. Kamal also offered his condolences to the departed family.
Kamal's tweet - "கந்துவட்டிக் கொடுமை எழை விவசாயி முதல் பணக்காரர்கள் என நம்பப்படும் சினிமாக்காரர் வரை ஆட்டிப்படைப்பதை சட்டமும் சினிமாத்துறையும் தடுத்தாக வேண்டும். திரு. அசோக்குமாரின் அகாலமரணம் போல் இனி நிகழவிடக்கூடாது. குடும்பத்தார்க்கும் நட்புக்கும் கலைத்துறையின் அனுதாபங்கள்."