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This is an archive article published on October 19, 2020
Vijay Sethupathi withdraws from Muttiah Muralitharan biopic after request from cricketer
The film, titled 800, was caught up in a controversy over Vijay Sethupathi’s decision to play Muttiah Muralitharan, who is believed to have supported the Lankan government during the civil war with the LTTE.
800 is a biopic on Muttiah Muralitharan. (Photos: Muttiah Muralitharan/Facebook and Vijay Sethupathi/Facebook)
Following outrage from Tamil nationalists and a section of film personalities and politicians in Tamil Nadu, actor Vijay Sethupathi has decided to opt out of a biopic of Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan.
The film, titled 800, was caught up in a controversy over Sethupathi’s decision to play Muralitharan, who is believed to have supported the Lankan government during the civil war with the LTTE.
Even though Muttiah Muralitharan himself tried to explain his case, and argued that he never treated Eelam Tamils with disrespect citing his own Tamil origin, many point out there is footage and news reports suggesting the cricketer’s seemingly supportive stand for Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the island-nation’s President who was the war-time defence secretary, and other remarks made towards the end of the civil war.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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