Makkal Needhi Maiam President and actor Kamal Haasan`thug Life ‘Film press conference in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: Hind
Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court issued a temporary order restricting acting of Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan to make any statement that cause injury or defamation of the language of Cannad, literature, land and culture.
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The court also reduced the actors to publish, publish or disclose or issue any statements or remarks that claim linguistic superiority over the language of Cannada.
Madhu Nr, Judge 30. Another City Civil and Meeting Court, approved an order for a lawsuit filed by Kannada Sahithy Parishat (KSP), Bengaluru.
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Meanwhile, the court ordered the KSP to provide public advertising that it had filed an action on behalf of Kannadigas as regards the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), ordering the announcement to Mr. Haasan and surrendered by another hearing until August 30.
The suit was filed in connection with the controversial statement of Mr. Haasan, made on April 24, during the release of the film “Thug Life” in Chennai, in which the actor claimed that “Kannada would be born from Tamil”.
“The reason why the acting statement caused immense pain and anxiety for people is that it is obviously and objectively false and was made with a sense of chauvinism, superiority and arrogance …” That was in a suit.
Although the question of the opposition to the “Thug Life” screen in Karnataka was determined before the top of the court, KSP said “the slander and deceptive statement remains and continuously hurt people’s sentiment (including the KSP) and caused immense misconduct, disgrace and humiliation”.
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KSP, pointing out that the controversial statement of the actor is “obviously and admitted”, said “in fact, both languages are sister tongues …”
While he pointed out that Mr. Haasan refused to apologize for his “false statement”, KSP was looking for a direction to offer an unconditional apology to the Karnataka and Kannadigas people and withdrew his controversial statement on the language of Cannad.
Published – 5 July 2025 01:59 IS
