Police Complaint Filed Against Actor Vijay Over His Objectionable Dialogues In 'Mersal'

Tamil movie Mersel starring Vijay became the eye of the storm after BJP objected on certain dialogues of the movie and demanded the makers to chop them off because they were putting PM Modi in a bad light with reference to GST and Digital India initiative.

The latest development in the matter is that a Madurai based advocate has filed a complaint against lead actor Vijay over the dialogues in Mersal, a police official said.

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"A complaint has been received against actor Vijay. An acknowledgement for receipt of the complaint has been issued. No first information report (FIR) had been lodged," a police official in Anna Nagar police station in Madurai told IANS over phone on Monday.

Temple town Madurai is around 500 km from here.

Mersal is in the midst of a controversy after the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the removal of certain dialogues which take a dig at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and digital India. Directed by Atlee, Mersal stars Vijay in the roles of a village head, a doctor and a magician. It is doing brisk business at the box office.

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BJP's National Secretary H. Raja and Tamil Nadu BJP President Tamilisai Soundararajan criticised Vijay and the movie for the dialogues critical of GST and Digital India. The BJP leaders said the dialogues were factually incorrect.

In a tweet on Monday, Soundararajan said like the freedom to express views, one has the freedom to rebut wrong views.

Raja, who raked up the actor's Christian origin by his tweet "Joseph Vijay's hatred for Modi is Mersal" on October 21, continued that on Monday.

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He uploaded the actor's voter identity card and a letter written by the actor to a magazine on his letter pad.

"Truth is bitter," tweeted Raja on Monday uploading the two documents to underscore Vijay's religion.

Vijay, who had met Narendra Modi during electioneering ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had even lauded demonetisation last year.