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As Netflix Removes “Annapoorani” From Its Catalogue, Leftists And Dravidianists Suffer Meltdown In Social Media

January 12, 2024
The Commune

Annapoorani, the latest Nayanthara film that stoked many controversies, was removed today from Netflix. Reactions from supporters and opposers of the film are pouring into social media, trying to politicise the issue as much as possible. The left-liberal cabal has jumped with the usual ‘Sanghi, gamut, Tambrahm (veiled term for Tamil Brahmins)’ jibes and much more. However, none of the handles mentioned that the removal is only temporary and the film will be back once the objectionable content has been removed, as Zee Studios’ statements stated.

Social Media Meltdown

Valaipechu Bismi, one of the three members who run the popular YouTube channel ‘Valaipechu’ shared a post on X that, ‘There is no surprise that Sanghi company (Zee) gave in to the threats of sanghis.’

Shanmugam Muthusamy, film scriptwriter and director of Adangathey, Diesel, posted on his X and Facebook handles, questioning the CBFC. He claimed that such a move makes a mockery of creative freedom. He also asks if government propaganda films like The Kashmir Files alone will be allowed to be released hereafter. Recounting his experience that CBFC denied him to name a character as Rangaraj in his film Adangathey, he asks if permission should be sought from all castes and religions in India before making a film. In his rant, he also questions why government organisations maintained silence when the web series The Family Man allegedly depicted Tamil women in a derogatory manner. He recommends that CBFC should be dissolved. This post was shared as his Instagram status by the film director Nilesh Krishnaa.

Adham Bava, writer, director and producer of the lesser-known film ‘Anti-Indian’ directed by popular YouTuber Blue Sattai’ Maaran, has posted a sarcastic tweet stating that ‘Sanathanam has woken up a little late. It will be uphill for Annapoorani hereafter’ indicating that a film that bombed at the box office could profit from the OTT platform.

Other influential left-leaning handles are also posting on X an interview clip featuring popular religious speaker Dushyanth Sridhar’s interview with Rangaraj Pandey of Chanakya News channel, where he says in the Ramayana Rama and Lakshmana ate meat, intending to trivialise the issue. They argue that the moviemakers said what was in Ramayana, so there is nothing wrong in it.

The Executive Editor of a leftist media outlet, The South First, called the Netflix and Zee Studios spineless for removing the Hindumisic content.

It has to be noted that Ramesh Solanki, the founder of Hindu IT Cell, filed the complaint with Mumbai police and has mentioned a slew of offensive points from the film rather than pointing out only meat consumption. The offensive scenes include the promotion of love jihad, a Hindu Brahmin girl going to iftaar, and a Brahmin girl offering namaz before cooking biriyani, to name a few.

Everything Hurts

Films hurting religious sentiments are not new in India. The Da Vinci Code, a controversial movie based on Dan Brown’s popular novel, was banned in Tamil Nadu by the then DMK government, stating its release ‘might disturb the peace in the state.’ Apart from films, even food can hurt religious sentiments. Popular pizza chains Dominos and Pizza Hut stopped selling their pork pepperoni due to ‘issues faced with the supply of right quality materials’. However, industry experts had speculated that ‘religious sentiments concerned with various varieties of meat are likely the reasons behind food chains removing the product.’

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