Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathirajaa said if Sethupathi avoided acting in the movie he would be remembered with gratitude by the Tamil people everywhere. He urged the actor to disassociate himself from the flick immediately in deference to the sentiments of the Tamil people spread across the globe.
The Sri Lankan government has committed repeated genocides against the Tamil people. International criminal law defines genocide as certain intentional acts committed to destroy a protected groupdefined as an national, ethnic, racial, or religious groupin whole or in part. Naam Tamizhar Katchi top leader Seeman wondered if a movie on Muralitharan a ''betrayer'' and a ''stooge'' of the Sinhalese could be screened in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil GenocideGenocide occurs when there are genocidal acts and genocidal intent.
The actor should not support a history of ''betrayal'' out of ''ignorance'', he said and alleged that the cricketer was a ''betrayer'' of the Tamils and a loyalist of the Rajapaksa brothers. Pattali Makkal Kathi founder leader S Ramadoss said the news on Sethupathi playing the role of Muralitharan was ''shocking''. When Tamil mothers in the island nation staged a hunger strike on disappearance of thousands of Tamil men, he offended them by dismissing the protest as drama, Mr Vaiko, also a Rajya Sabha MP, alleged and asked the actor to avoid the blame of acting in the movie that intended toportray a ''betrayer''. MDMK general secretary Vaiko alleged Muralitharan has been "identified as a betrayer of the Tamil race" by Tamils around the world for supporting the then Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa during the 2009 civil war. Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi is facing opposition over him signing up to play the lead role in the Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan biopic ''800'' with some political parties alleging that the sports star was a betrayer of the Tamil community.
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