T.Rajendar had called for an important press meeting this morning, to share his condolences and anger about the murder of Aswini, a B.Com college student in Chennai.
During the press meet, TR was asked if stalking in movies have a bigger impact on these murders. TR replied, "Those days when I made films like, Oru Thalai Raagam, Rail Payanangalil, Uyirullavarai Usha, Mythili Ennai Kaathali, Monisha En Monalisa, all these films had life in the love. But, in today's films, love is understood as stalking and that is a very wrong perception. Love has a life, and it means something else. It should be understood, both, by filmmakers, and the audience."
TR was also asked why STR's beep song lyrics were not condemned by him, for its bad words, which might have impacted these incidents, he answered, "Beep song lyrics were dummy. I am also a music director and I have also written and composed songs. It would take some time to write the final lines, and till then, everyone will have a dummy lyric and will sing that only. Beep song case was one such, and it was the dummy lyrics.
Had the song been released officially with the same lyrics, I can ask about this to my son. That was unofficially leaked. It was leaked by the admin of STR. (making fun of H.Raja's comment on the Periyar issue). When a person like H.Raja, has an admin, why not my son?"