Kamal Haasan in video notification “Thug Life” | PHOTO CREDIT: RAAJ KAMAL FILMS INTERNATIONAL/Youtube
With the founder of actor Kamal Haasan, who refused to apologize for his remarks that “Kannada was born from Tamil’s language” during the release of the sound of Thug Life and Karnataka remained defiant, Raj Kamal Films International has decided to release the film in the neighboring state. Meanwhile, the political party Mr. Haasan Makkal Needhi Maiam built posters across Tamil Nadu, which read: “Love will not apologize”.
The posters also read: “We were talking to the truth with the world. We were talking about the relationship between them. Why should we apologize for talking to love? The truth is never allowed.”
In a letter to the Karnataka Film Chamber, Mr. Haasan said, “I hurt that my statement when the sound of crime – pronounced from a true affection for the legendary family of Dr. Raj Kumar, especially Shiva Rajkumar – was misunderstood and received from context.
Mr. Haasan said: “There is no dispute or debate on the rich heritage of Kannada. Like Tamil, Kannada has a proud literary and cultural tradition I have long admired. I appreciated the boiling and affection for me all the time and I had great respect for me. I had great respect, and I had a great love to be for me, and I had great respect, and I was wet, and I had a great love for my mother, and I had a great love to be for me, and I was for me and I had great respect and I appreciated it. Available, and I’m with Cannads, and I say it’s affectionate and tongue.
Members of Kannada Raksha Vedike, who recently introduced a protest in Bengalur against Kamal Haasan for his comments on the language of Kannada and demanded the ban on the release of his film Thug Life in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar
According to producer and distributor G. Dhananjayana, the production house is likely to face a loss of 35 Crore at 40 GBP Crore in gross cash register and 12 Crore for 15 GBP Crore in the proportion of producers, unless the film publishes in Karnataka.
“Four Telugu movies – Pushpa 2 (1 775.10 Crore), Bahubali 2 (1,706.50 crore), RRR (1,289,40 Crore) and Kalki 2898 (1,061 Crore) – covered more than 1,000 crore. GBP (Kalki 2898), with four Telugu foils closer to a total of 561 crore.
The highest Grossing of Tamil’s films in Karnataka were the prisoner (67.70 GBP crore), Leo (41.35 crore), Ponniyin Selvan 1 (28.10 crore), goat (27.95 crore) and Vikram (around 22 Crore). “Also for Tamil films, the Karnataka market is 7% of the total income,” he said. In short, the life of a crime may lose about 7% of the total expected income, said Mr. Dhananjayan.
The Tamil Active Council Council said in a statement that the stop or postponing the release of the Thug Life in Karnataka will “permanently damage” the harmonious relationship between the two film industries and will have the “consequences” for both in the coming years.
Published – 3 June 2025 22:31 is
