The Karnataka film Chamber of Commerce and various supporters-Kannada organizations have opposed the release of ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka, until actor Kamal Haasan apologized. , Photo Credit: Johan Satya Das Jai
On Tuesday (June 3, 2025), the High Court of Karnataka asked by actor Kamal Haasan till 2.30 pm whether he wanted to apologize for his statement that “Kannada was born from Tamil”, stating that the Governor-General C of India. Rajagopalachi apologized for making a similar statement in 1950.
When people like Rajagopalacharry can apologize, why Kamla Hassan cannot do, the court asked the advocate representing the Rajkamal Films International, who has demanded police protection in Karnataka. thug Life As the Karnataka film Chamber of Commerce and various supporters-Kanada organizations have opposed their release in Karnataka until the actor apologized.
Unrest
Justice M. Nagprasanan asked Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa the question whether it was not Shri Hassan, who had created a state of disagreement and unrest in Karnataka with his statement.
Mr. Haasan is one of the directors of the petitioner-company. The petitioner-company represents another director V. Was done by Narayan.
“You can be Kamal Haasan … but any citizen has no right to hurt public sentiments. There are three things that are very emotional, Nela, Jala and Bhashe, (Land, Water and Language) … These three things are important for any citizen. You are on the linguistic lines of this country. [Mr. Haasan] Know the importance of language, ”the court watched orally.
‘Is Mr. Haasan a historian?’
The court further saw that “Like Mr. Haasan, a public person makes a public statement on a public platform that a language is born out of another language when a language cannot be born from any other language … Where is the material to support it. And what has happened due to that statement, it is unrest. What is the people of Karnataka?
When the court asked the advocate whether Mr. Haasan was a historian, the advocate said that the actor had already made it clear that he was not a historian and his statement was out of the context. For this, the court asked on what basis Mr. Haasan made a controversial statement.
Commercial interest protection
Justice Nagprasana told the advocate of Shri Hassan that in response to a letter written by the authors of Kannada, Mr. Rajagopalachari had sent an apology to make a statement that Kannada had developed out of Tamil.
“One forgiveness [by Mr. Haasan] Everything must have solved, “the court said that Mr. Haasan is to protect his business interest before this court.
Published – June 03, 2025 01:14 pm IST
