YouTuber Maridhas recently uploaded a video titled, “Jai Bhim Director’s Letter Is Disgusting. His Purpose Is Criminal!” in Tamil. In the video, Maridhas deconstructs the various points the director mentions in his letters, takes references from the movie Jai Bhim and questions the director who had put a letter justifying the deliberate distortions made in the movie.

For example, the director had mentioned in his letter that the calendar with the ‘Agni Pot’ motif that became a big controversy, was not kept in the movie intentionally, and that it was only retained to establish the time period as 1995. However, Maridhas calls out this bluff by pointing out 5 scenes from the movie which had relevant calendars. He makes it apparent in the video that the makers of the movie deliberately kept the Agni Pot symbol to portray Vanniyars in a negative light. He therefore says that is purely intentional and therefore criminal of the director to even say that it was unintentional.

Maridhas questions Gnanavel for placing the unwanted character of MS Bhaskar in the film and explains the controversy behind that. In addition, he also spoke about writer Kanmani who returned the cheque he was given as remuneration for the movie because he was ‘cheated’ by the team. He has also raised a few more questions regarding the controversies with regard to the movie.

In response to this video, the director of the movie, TJ Gnanavel has put out a tweet. Instead of replying to Maridhas’ pointed questions, Gnanavel has attempted to satirically give back to Maridhas. It is to be noted that he had turned off the option to comment on the tweet. A lot of twitterattis have brought to notice that the director might turned off comments to avoid backlash.

இது அயோக்கிய கும்பல்… -இப்படிக்கு மனிதருள் மாணிக்கம் மாரிதாஸ்..
அன்பான தமிழ் மக்களே.. யோக்கியன் வந்துட்டாரு . மறக்காம சொம்ப எடுத்து உள்ள வைங்க..

— Gnanavel (@tjgnan) November 25, 2021

But netizens lashed out at the director with the ‘Quote-tweeting’. Here are some of the responses.

You’re a crook who changed the caste of the affected group & the name of the villain at the behest of the conversion mafia. Sit down. https://t.co/w98BbcupyP

— PriyaRaju (@PriyaRaju) November 25, 2021

மாரிதாஸ் சொன்னதற்கு பாய்ன்ட் பை பாய்ன்ட் பதில் சொல்லிருந்தா நீ நியாயஸ்தன். உன்கிட்ட பதில் இல்லாமனே கமன்ட் பாக்சையும் பூட்டிட்ட. https://t.co/UO1CLkk5oC

— A.G.M. SWAMI (@agmswami) November 25, 2021

https://twitter.com/SimplerHuman/status/1463805061193031680

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Suriya’s Jai Bhim directed by T J Gnanavel has been subject to controversy for quite sometime now. Everyday, there is something new that comes up with regard to the movie. The controversy first began when the PMK party opposed the movie showing the Vanniyar community in negative light. While the names of most of the characters were kept the same, the name of the main perpetrator, the Sub-inspector who is responsible for Rajakannu’s custodial death, was changed from Anthony Samy to Guru. This, and the fact that in one scene the character is shown along with the Vanniyar’s sacred motif, the ‘Agni Pot’ has angered the members of the community.

Now, another major allegation has been placed on advocate Chandru who’s character is played by Suriya in the film. The allegation is that advocate Chandru along with a few members of the Communist party tried to bargain a deal with Anthony Samy for ₹5 lakhs, to ensure that he is not found guilty in the case. However, as Anthony Samy could not give more than ₹2 lakhs, they decided to trap him in the case entirely.  This expose has come from Anthony Samy’s very own nephew (Sister’s son).

In an audio clip published exclusively on Kathir News we can hear Anthony Samy’s nephew saying, “There’s a lot of difference between what is shown in the movie and what happened in reality. Chandru and all the communist party members bargained a deal for ₹5 lakhs. But, my uncle was merely a Sub-inspector at that time and he couldn’t afford it. None of this was shown in the movie. They should have portrayed either advocate Chandru or the members of the Communist party as villains.”

The point to be noted is that the movie reiterated that advocate Chandru did not even take a penny to handle the case for Rajakannu and only fought for justice. However, the reality of the movie that was ‘based on a true story’  is all coming out now. Check out the full audio file here:

(With inputs from Kathir News)

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