Slipper Hurled At Thalapathy Vijay By Unidentified Man At Vijayakanth's Funeral, Clip Goes Viral

Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay visited the DMDK office in Chennai to pay his tribute to actor-politician Vijayakanth. As he paid his last respect, he got emotional and was moved to tears.

Thalapathy Vijay gets emotional at Vijayakanth's funeral

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For the uninitiated, Vijayakanth was seen alongside Vijay in his second film. He gave him the much-needed success in the following years. He offered condolences to Vijayakanth's wife Premalatha and two sons Vijaya Prabhakaran and Shanmuga Pandian. Several vide of the Leo actor are going viral on social media.

Slipper hurled at him

Actor #Vijay was attacked by some unidentified persons in the #Vijayakanth funeral place ?#Captain #RIPVijayakanth pic.twitter.com/lmrmRr1WVR

¡ª AK (@iam_K_A) December 29, 2023

In one of the videos going viral on social, an unindentified person threw slipper at the actor while he was on his way to the car heading back home. The security was quick to catch it and throw it back from where it came. The incident however has angered the fans.

Vijayakanth passed away on December 28 after testing positive for Covid-19.

Another Angle of that vedio.. A Person is throwing a slipper on Vijay.. its comes on falls on him..now Another person throws the slipper back... pic.twitter.com/NDt0Z9iMyQ

¡ª ArJUn SharaN (@RJUNSHARAN7) December 29, 2023

Praised as Karuppu MGR (black MGR) by his fans for his generosity, Vijayakanth has been ill and kept a low-profile for the past 4-5 years and his wife Premalatha formally took over the reins of the DMDK on December 14 and she was declared the general secretary at a party meet here.

MIOT International hospital said in a press release, "Captain Vijayakanth was on ventilatory support following his admission for pneumonia. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff he passed away in the morning on 28th December 2023." Vijayakanth allied with the AIADMK in the 2011 Assembly elections and the Jayalalithaa-led bloc won the polls and the DMDK founder went on to become the Leader of the Opposition.

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His verbal duel with Jayalalithaa in the Assembly took the state by storm and he appeared all set to take on the powers-that-be and break down the hegemony of the Dravidian parties, that have held sway for over half a century in Tamil Nadu¡¯s political landscape.

While the party statement had said that Vijayakanth had tested positive for coronavirus and was under ventilator, the hospital bulletin said he battled pneumonia. Hospital sources said the party issued that statement even before the results for the second round of samples were available.

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