Why Chennai feels Madras Cafe is anti-Tamil - Entertainment News, Firstpost

Going by the fate of two big Tamil films in the recent past — Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam and Vijay’s Thalaivaa — both of which ran into political rough-weather, actor-producer John Abraham may not be able to release his Madras Cafe in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu. John Abraham hasn’t answered the fundamental charges by Seeman and others who have seen the movie in Chennai at a special screening. Another Tamil film director RK Selvamani said “it looks like a movie funded by Rajapakse and directed by Sonia Gandhi. What John doesn’t realise is that post-2009, when the Sri Lankan government finished off the LTTE and its leadership including Prabhakaran in an internationally condemned war, the sentiments for Sri Lankan Tamils have completely changed in Tamil Nadu. John may be right from the perspective of the Indian establishment because it had bitterly fought the LTTE, but the Tamil groups and parties had never ratified the intervention by India in 1987. John can very well argue that Madras Cafe has been cleared by the Censor Board; but so were Vishwaroopam and Thalaivaa . DMK attributed its pull-out from the UPA to the government’s inability to act tough on Sri Lanka. Not to be left behind on Madras Cafe , the DMK also has asked the state government to take appropriate action after looking into the charges of Seeman and Vaiko. If what Seeman, RK Selvamani and pro-ELAM students say about the movie are true, Chennaiites will most likely not be able to Madras Cafe. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison.