People protest against Rajini's Vettaiyan movie..!?
When people were protesting against the screening of the Vettaiyan movie in Kovilpatti, the theater manager said harshly to the protestors, 'Whoever you are voting for, he is the one who is releasing this movie' caused a stir there. Actor Rajinikanth starrer Vettaiyan released in theaters across the world yesterday (Oct. 10) and is running successfully. In that way, there has been strong opposition to the movie Vettaiyan in Kovilpatti. In Kovilpatti, people are besieging the theater where the film Vettaiyan has been released and demanding that the film not be screened. The full background can be found here. There has been a backlash over the film Vettaiyan misrepresenting a government school in gandhi Nagar, Kovilpattu. A complaint has also been filed at Kovilpatti east police Station in this regard. In this situation, the people of the Kovilpatti Gandhinagar area protested against the misrepresentation of their area and the well-functioning government school in the film by laying siege to the Kovilpatti lakshmi Theater.
They staged a blockade demanding that the scene in the film "Vettaiyan" should be removed and the film screened, otherwise the film would not be screened. After that, the police rushed to the spot and negotiated with them. The residents of the area gave up their protest after the police said that they would report the matter and appropriate action would be taken against it. The women got into a huge argument with the theater management demanding the stoppage of the film. At that time, a theater executive said angrily, "Whoever you vote for, he is the one who has taken this film and released it." The women there said, 'We will vote for whoever we want, stop misrepresenting the school our children attend.'
Film critics have been praising the film saying that the film Vettaiyan has presented interesting ideas related to the education sector such as educational equality, the importance of government schools, and fraud in private coaching centers. Top stars like Rajini are praising the importance of story and acting in such uncompromising films which will give more inspiration to the film industry. However, the people of Kovilpatti are alleging that their village school has been wrongly portrayed in the film and have demanded that the scenes be removed immediately. It remains to be seen whether an explanation will be given by the film crew or not.