There is an uproar in Tamil Nadu regarding the film ‘Amaran’. Some unidentified miscreants hurled petrol bombs at a cinema hall in Tirunelveli on Saturday morning. Actor Sivakarthikeyan’s film ‘Amaran’ was being screened in this theatre. The police investigating the incident said that there was no casualty in the incident. The Hindu Munna Association said that following the incident, the police detained a group of the association’s activists for allegedly trespassing in the cinema hall and later released them.
Police said, “Two miscreants hurled petrol bombs inside the wall of a cinema complex in Melapalayam. Due to which there was an explosion. However, no one was injured and no property was damaged.” Strongly condemning the incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit vice-president Narayanan Tirupati alleged that “Islamic fundamentalist organizations like SDPI, MNMK, Tauheed Jamaat had earlier protested. . Opposite ‘Amaran’, the biopic of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra for his gallantry during counter-terrorism operations.
Muslims are shown as terrorists, this is not true
Opponents said it portrays Muslims as terrorists, which is not true. Tirupati has alleged in a post on the social media platform that he is a patriot. “But as the film’s depiction of terrorist activities in Kashmir was not tolerated, fundamentalist organizations threatened against the film’s release, however, the people of Tamil Nadu welcomed the film and made it a huge success.” Unable to digest this, fundamentalist outfits resorted to violence today and hurled petrol bombs outside the cinema hall where the film ‘Amaran’ was being screened, Narayanan said.
People who went to meet the theater owner were detained
According to a Hindu Munnani leader, some members led by the organization’s state vice-president VP Jayakumar went to the theater to console the theater owner, but were detained by the police. “We were stopped at the entrance of the cinema hall,” said a senior official. The police stopped us from entering and claimed that we had gathered to protest but we clarified that we were only there to console the aggrieved theater owner,” Jayakumar argued with the police. He later said that his party members had not gathered to protest. “The police also prevented us from meeting the mediapersons gathered near the cinema hall,” he said. (Input- PTI Language)
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