The Tamil Nadu Youth Congress has called for a ban on the recently released Tamil film Parasakthi, alleging that it contains fabricated scenes, historical distortions and defamatory portrayals of Congress leaders, including former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Kamaraj.
The demand was made through a formal statement issued by Arun Bhaskar, State Senior Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress, which was shared on social media by Congress spokesperson M Kumaramangalam on Monday, 12 January 2026, evening.
In the statement, Arun Bhaskar said, “Parasakthi is a film that must be strictly banned,” accusing the filmmakers of deliberately inventing incidents and presenting them as historical fact in order to malign the Indian National Congress.
The statement says that the film falsely portrays key events linked to the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu. Bhaskar objected to scenes that suggest that the Congress government imposed Hindi-only forms across India, calling it “a complete fabrication deliberately created to malign our party.”
He also criticised a sequence in which Sivakarthikeyan’s character is shown meeting Indira Gandhi, claiming the film portrays her in a “villainous manner” in scenes that never occurred.
Bhaskar said the movie falsely shows Indira Gandhi visiting Coimbatore on 12 February 1965 and fabricates scenes of a train being set on fire in her presence. “None of these events ever happened in history,” he said.
Another major objection was raised against the film’s ending, which displays real photographs of K Kamaraj, Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri while allegedly accusing the Congress of killing more than 200 Tamil people in Pollachi. Bhaskar said the claim was made “without a shred of evidence” and amounted to serious defamation.
Calling the film a “deliberate distortion of historical truth,” Arun Bhaskar demanded that all scenes depicting events that never took place be removed immediately. He also called on the film’s production team to issue a public apology, warning that strict legal action would follow if the demands were not met.
He concluded the statement by urging party workers to protest, saying, “I call upon all Congress workers to raise their voices against this injustice,” and added the hashtag #BanParasakthiMovie.
About the Film
Directed by Sudha Kongara, Parasakthi stars Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa, and Sreeleela, and is set against the backdrop of the 1965 anti-Hindi protests in Tamil Nadu. The film was released on 10 January 2026 after receiving 25 cuts from the Central Board of Film Certification, with several scenes labelled as fictional.
For those who have watched the movie and told me there are historical inaccuracies that show congress in a poor light. Here you go.
@thearunbhaskar pic.twitter.com/LEfySpMWyk— Mohan மோகன் (@MKumaramangalam) January 12, 2026
Source: NDTV
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