Tamil film director Prabhu Solomon got into a controversy over the end credits of his upcoming film Sembi, which mentions Jesus Christ as the only god who spreads love.
Sembi is an upcoming Indian movie directed by Prabhu Solomon starring Ashwin Kumar, Kovai Sarala, and Thambi Ramaiah. The feature film is produced by R Ravindran and Ajmal Khan with the music composed by Nivas K Prasanna.
The preview screening of the film Sembi, which will be released tomorrow, was held today (29 December 2022) in Chennai for the press. The preview show was attended by a large section of reporters and journalists from television channels to print media.
Following the screening, the entire cast and crew of the film attended a press conference, during which a group of reporters argued with the director, Prabu Solomon, who allegedly stated at the end of the movie in the credits sections that Jesus is the only god who spreads love.
The reporter questioned director Prabhu Solomon, “Are you attempting to spread Christianity with your film? The film is watched by people of all religions. But you mentioned that only Jesus spreads love.”
Prabhu Solomon, who was surprised to hear this from a Tamil journalist, stated, “I didn’t mean to imply that Jesus is the only god who spreads love. I am a Christian from birth and I am used to the preachings of Christianity,” for which the reporters asked,” That is your personal and why are you imposing your religion on us. No director imposes his or her faith on us. Even the Bhagavad Gita says to spread love, but how can you say that only Christ does?”
Dr. Prabhu Solomon responded, “Christianity is not a religion, and Jesus Christ did not come to this world to spread religion. Our only intention is to spread love. I will not say anything if anyone uses Bhagavat Gita lines in their film.”
The stumbling director, who was unable to answer the reporters’ questions, said, “I apologize to everyone who was offended. I accept that all other religions spread love.”
However, according to his old videos, it does not appear that the line “Only Jesus spreads love” was not unintended, as he has previously stated during Christian congregations that Jesus is the only god who spreads love.
Prabhu Solomon said during a Christian congregation organized by Poorana Suvesha Christian Sabha, “I will not be afraid if someone tells me that Jesus is not a god. Because I know Jesus is the only god.”
Prabhu Solomon even took a jibe at other religions when he said, “Only those who are afraid (confident) of their religion will have this problem. That is why they claim that people are converting to Christianity. Fine, that is their problem.”
Prabhu Solomon openly stated his intention to spread Christianity through his films saying, “Whether it’s my film Maina or Kumki or Kayal, which I’m doing now, I will make a film only when I get a screenplay suitable for Jesus Christ given by him.”
He went on to say that he never includes any sexual content, double-meaning dialogue, or scenes that make people frown in his films and that he only made movies for families to watch with their children.
However, it should be noted that director Prabhu Solomon’s early films are known for their adult-themed songs and scenes, particularly the film Laadam, in which the actress Charmi Kaur was depicted in a sexual manner in the songs “Atlantic Oceankku” and “Siru Thoduthalilae.”
In the movie Myna, the hero Vidharth, who was an adult, had a liplock scene with the school-going actress Amala Paul. This begs the obvious question of whether director Prabhu Solomon will be watching these scenes with his children.
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