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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Sources in the Tamil film industry said the movie's pivot was the killing of Rajiv Gandhi and the events that culminated in his assassination.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Film director R K Selvamani said the film featured Malayalees as patriotic persons attempting to save a former Prime Minister.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Subsequently, the producers came forward to arrange a special screening for those who had apprehensions about it.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Although John Abraham later denied labelling anyone or group as terrorist in the film, it failed to cut ice with the groups.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Actor-turned-politician Seeman-led NTK alleged that the movie portrayed the LTTE and its leader V Prabhakaran in bad light.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
While PMK chief Ramadoss wanted the state and central governments to ban the movie, others warned of agitations.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
Even as promos of the film started flooding the media by early this month, pro-Tamil outfits like the Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) besides Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) alleged that the film was anti-Tamil.
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Protests against ‘Madras Cafe’
After watching a special screening of John Abraham-starrer 'Madras Cafe', volunteers of pro-Tamil outfits denounced the film as 'anti-Tamil' and vowed to not allow its screening.