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Scene mocking Christian missionaries removed from Mookutthi Amman, prominent ‘actor cum dynast politician’ said to have pressurised film crew

November 15, 2020
The Commune

The Nayanthara starrer Mookutthi Amman was released on Deebavali (November 14) on Disney-Hotstar OTT platform. The film had garnered some expectations following the release of its trailer which had scenes and dialogues targeting the Abrahmic religions. The trailer also had dialogues like “Naan nonbu kanji kudipen, punidha appathai pusipen, aanal oru podhum Aadi madham ootrum koozhai kudikave maaten” (I will drink the Ramzan porridge, relish the bread [offered at Christian communions] but will never drink the porridge prepared during Aadi month [for Hindu Goddess Amman]), an apparent dig at the brand of secularism practiced by the DK, DMK and VCK parties.

Just a day before its release, a sneak peek from the movie was released in social media by RJ Balaji. The scene showed the ‘jeba koottam’ (prayer meeting) shenanigans of Christian missionaries where Mano Bala playing a pastor indulges in ‘healing’ through CDs.

However, this scene did not find its place in the movie.

The film crew had deleted that scene from the movie the night before its release. Insiders aware of the issue note that Christian organizations had taken objections to the said scene and had approached an ‘actor cum dynast politician’ to remove the scene from the movie. The ‘actor cum dynast politician’ is later said to have contacted the directors of the film RJ Balaji and NJ Saravanan, actress Nayanthara and producer of the film Ishari K. Ganesh and threatened them to remove the scene from the movie.

Following this, the film crew had taken off the scene from the movie while the sneak peak mocking the Christian missionaries is still available on RJ Balaji’s timeline.

Film Distributor, producer and actor JSK Gopi said “Many people are venting their anger against RJ Balaji for removing the scene from the film. As for me, I appreciate the courage of RJ Balaji who has filmed such a scene and left it as a teaser knowing that it would not make it to the final film”.