For a party that is trying so hard to build a base for itself in Tamil Nadu the Bharatiya Janata Party just shot itself in the foot. By upping the ante on the criticism against GST in the Tamil movie Mersal starring Vijay the party ended up embarrassing its national leadership and provided the film the kind of nationwide publicity its producers could not even have dreamt of.
Over the last few years, Vijay had been using political/social dialogues in many of his films. Having been at one time closely linked with the DMK (his father was close to DMK chief M Karunanidhi), Vijay has moved away from both Dravidian majors but has done little more than recite loaded dialogues in his movies as evidence of his political ambition.
Four or five lines in a two hour 47 minute movie could have been allowed to pass, especially as the censor board felt that way. By appearing hypersensitive to criticism and by demanding that the producer delete the scenes (which they have refused to do until now) the BJP scored a completely unnecessary own goal in Tamil Nadu.
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Over the last few years, Vijay had been using political/social dialogues in many of his films. Having been at one time closely linked with the DMK (his father was close to DMK chief M Karunanidhi), Vijay has moved away from both Dravidian majors but has done little more than recite loaded dialogues in his movies as evidence of his political ambition.
Four or five lines in a two hour 47 minute movie could have been allowed to pass, especially as the censor board felt that way. By appearing hypersensitive to criticism and by demanding that the producer delete the scenes (which they have refused to do until now) the BJP scored a completely unnecessary own goal in Tamil Nadu.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinio...KL1VphWzN.html