Madras Prime Court docket on Thursday quashed the FIR in opposition to Suriya, Jyotika and Tha.se Gnanavel. The FIR, which was once filed in Velacherry police station, claimed that their 2021 film Jai Bhim was once made with motives to instigate communal violence between communities and create Vanniyar phobia.
Jai Bhim, in keeping with the actual tale of Sengeni and Rajakannu of the Irular tribe, got here below hearth for the alleged wrongful portrayal of the Vanniyar neighborhood.
Many raised crimson flags for a scene within the movie, the place a calender with Agni Kundum (image of the neighborhood) was once observed in the home of a police officer. A piece of the Vanniyar neighborhood argued that actually the officer didn’t belong to a neighborhood, and claimed that the movie was once purposely appearing them in a nasty mild. In addition they criticised the makers for naming the police officer Gurumurthy (the title of a well-liked Vanniyar neighborhood chief).
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)’s chief Anbumani Ramadoss also known as Jai Bhim a deliberate assault at the neighborhood. Later, the scenes have been corrected via the makers, and Suriya launched a commentary claiming that he by no means supposed to harm the emotions of somebody.
Regardless of such controversies, Jai Bhim, which was once launched on Amazon High Video, become a critics’ favorite. It was once the legit Indian submission on the 94th Academy Awards. Then again, the movie didn’t make it to the shortlist.
Directed via Tha.Se. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim additionally starred Lijmol Jose, Manikandan, Rajisha Vijayan and Prakash Raj.