In 2017, Thalapathy Vijay's Mersal opened to massive collections and favorable reviews as well. But there was one controversy that surrounded the film at the time of its release.
The dialogue against GST was widely spoken about and the president of the Tamil Nadu Bharathiya Janata Party (TN BJP) Tamilisai Soundararajan's statement against actor Vijay and Mersal was a trending matter of discussion across all media channels and social media platforms.