Regardless of Tuesday’s Karnataka Excessive Court docket reprimand over his remarks that Kannada was born out of Tamil and his refusal to apologise, actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday thanked the “total state of Tamil Nadu for standing behind” him.
Whereas lauding crew members of his movie Thug Life for his or her laborious work, Haasan expressed his deep love for the Tamil language as he referred to the slogan “Uyire, Urave, Tamizhe” (Tamil is my life and my household) in his first public look after the excessive courtroom’s important remarks.
By the way, Haasan had used the “Uyire, Urave, Tamizhe” slogan throughout the promotional occasion of his newest movie throughout which he made the controversial comment about Kannada. The 70-year-old actor had mentioned Kannada was born out of Tamil, triggering protests by pro-Kannada organisations. The Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) warned that the movie wouldn’t be launched within the state except Haasan issued a proper apology.
The actor lauded Mani Ratnam, saying the ace director had remodeled right into a “cinema gyani” and that he was excited to work with the latter.
After the excessive courtroom reprimand, his manufacturing home, Raaj Kamal Movies Worldwide, mentioned he would maintain a dialogue with the KFCC and later introduced that the movie wouldn’t be launched within the state.
Raajkamal Movie Ventures had filed a plea within the excessive courtroom for police safety for the discharge of the movie. Justice M Nagaprasanna urged that Haasan ought to categorical remorse if the emotions of individuals in Karnataka had been harm by his current remarks on the origin of the Kannada language.
In a letter to the KFCC earlier, Haasan had expressed his “ache” that his assertion on the movie’s audio launch was misunderstood and brought out of context. He mentioned the assertion was made out of affection for the household of Dr Rajkumar, together with Shiva Rajkumar, as he wished to convey that they have been from the identical household.
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Haasan additionally expressed his admiration for the Kannada literary and cultural traditions, the heat prolonged to him by Kannadigas, and his love for Kannada. He mentioned his bond with all of the languages of the land was heartfelt and that he was against the dominance of anyone language as it could undermine the linguistic cloth of India. He added that as a speaker of the “language of cinema”, his assertion was solely meant to determine a bond and unity.
Haasan additionally mentioned he hoped his phrases could be acquired within the meant spirit and reiterated his affection for Karnataka and Kannada. He concluded his letter by stating his perception that the misunderstanding was momentary and one other alternative to “reiterate our mutual love and respect”.
Kannada and Tradition Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi wrote to the KFCC on Might 29, urging that each one movies that includes Haasan be banned in Karnataka if he didn’t apologise. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah additionally weighed in, asserting that Kannada has an extended and well-documented historical past.
(With PTI inputs)