Bengaluru court stopped Kamal Haasan from defaming Kannada

A Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court issued on Friday (July 4, 2025) Biased Temporary prohibitory orders prevent actor Kamal Haasan from making any statement, which has an effect of hurting or defaming Kannada language, literature, land and culture.

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The court claimed the actor from posting, issuing or publication or making any statement or any statement or comment, claiming linguistic superiority on Kannada language.

Judge Madhu NR of the 30th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court passed an order on a suit filed by the Kannada Sahithya Parishad (KSP) of Bengaluru.

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Meanwhile, the court directed the KSP to give a public advertisement to give public advertisements, saying that it sued Kannadigas in the context of the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) in a representative capacity, while ordering the issue of notice to Mr. Haasan and postponed further hearing by 30 August.

This suit has been filed in connection with the controversial statement of Mr. Haasan made on 24 April during the launch of his film. “thug Life” In Chennai, in which the actor claimed that “Kannada is born from Tamil”.

“The reason for this is that the actor’s statement causes a lot of pain and suffering for the people as it is manifested and impartially untrue and is made with a sense of chaos, superiority and ego ….” It is chosen in the suit.

Although the issue of opposition to the screen film “Thug Jeevan” in Karnataka has been postponed before the apex court, the KSP has stated that “the defamation and collapse made by defendant remains and to hurt people’s sentiments (including KSP) (including KSP) and immense inequality, dissatisfied and humiliation.”

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Stating that the actor’s controversial statement “patent and acceptable” is wrong, KSP has said that “In fact, both languages ​​are sister languages ​​…”

Pointing that Mr. Haasan has refused to apologize for his “false statements”, the KSP has sought a direction for unconditional apology to the people of Karnataka and Kannadigas and withdrew their controversial statement on the Kannada language.