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‘Thalapathy’ Vijay paid tribute to the late actor-politician Vijayakanth on Thursday evening at Island Ground in Chennai, where the icon is lying in state. A video being shared online shows Vijay walking through a mob of fans, visibly distraught, when a shoe comes flying towards him and hits him.
Vijay does not look back and a person walking beside him throws the shoe back in the direction from where it came. It is not known why Vijay was seemingly targetted, but a representative of one of actor Ajith’s fan clubs shared a statement condemning the attack. He shared, “We #Ajith fans strongly condemneding this disrespect behaviour to vijay . whoever it may be, we should respect when they came to our place. Throwing slipper to @actorvijay is totally not acceptable 👎🏻 Stay strong #Vijay.” Vijay and Ajith’s fans have clashed many times in the past.
Captain Vijayakanth passed away on Thursday in Chennai due to pneumonia. The actor tested positive for Covid-19 and was on ventilator support. His funeral is being held on Friday.
Rajinikanth was also present at the funeral to pay tribute to the late actor.
Vijayakanth was known for box office hits such as Chatriyan, Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Vallarasu, Ramana, Engal Anna, Senthoora Poove, Pulan Visaranai, Honest Raj and Chinna Gounder. It was his 1991 film Captain Prabhakaran that earned him the moniker ‘Captain’.
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