Kamal Haasan Faces Flak After Saying 'Kannada Born Out Of Tamil' At Thug Life Event; What Happened

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 00:18 IST

Pro-Kannada groups similar the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike faction led by Praveen Shetty person condemned Kamal Haasan's words

Kamal Haasan reunites with Mani Ratnam successful Thug Life aft 38 years. Image/X

Actor Kamal Haasan has stirred up a monolithic contention aft saying astatine a promotional lawsuit for his upcoming movie Thug Life that Kannada was calved retired of Tamil.

Haasan made these remarks portion addressing Sandalwood prima Shiva Rajkumar, who was contiguous astatine the event.

“You are my household that is residing successful Karnataka, and hence, you came each the mode here. When I started the speech, I said that my beingness and my household are Tamil. Your connection was calved retired of Tamil, and hence you are portion of it," said Kamal Haasan to Shiva Rajkumar.

Pro-Kannada groups similar the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike faction led by Praveen Shetty person condemned Kamal Haasan’s words, informing him and asking however helium sought concern successful Karnataka erstwhile helium was insulting the section language. The outfit adjacent tore posters of Thug Life successful the city.

“Kamal Haasan has made comments astir Karnataka and Kannada, saying that Tamil was superior to Kannada. He has made an anti-Kannada connection that Kannada was calved aft Tamil archetypal came into existence. The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike is issuing a strict informing to him now. You privation concern for your films successful the state, but you are issuing defamatory statements against the authorities and the language. You person escaped earlier facing the wrath of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike successful Bengaluru, wherever you had travel for the promotion of Thug Life. We pass you that if you marque specified remarks against Kannada and Kannadigas, we volition clasp beardown protests. We pass you, we shall prohibition your cinema successful Karnataka," Shetty said.

While galore netizens person besides slammed Kamal Haasan for the remarks, Karnataka BJP main BY Vijayendra has besides stepped into the row, calling the histrion “arrogant" and demanding an unconditional apology.

“Before demeaning Kannada, Kamal Haasan should retrieve that helium has acted successful Kannada films arsenic good and that helium owes a indebtedness to the Kannada connection and its people. Forgetting this, helium displays his ungrateful character," stated Vijayendra connected societal media tract X.

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