Case towards Suriya’s Jai Bhim quashed

Madras High Court on Thursday quashed the FIR towards Suriya, Jyotika and Tha.se Gnanavel. The FIR, which was filed in Velacherry police station, claimed that their 2021 film Jai Bhim was made with motives to instigate communal violence between communities and create Vanniyar phobia.

Jai Bhim, primarily based on the true story of Sengeni and Rajakannu of the Irular tribe, got here underneath fireplace for the alleged wrongful portrayal of the Vanniyar neighborhood.

Many raised pink flags for a scene within the movie, the place a calender with Agni Kundum (image of the neighborhood) was seen in the home of a police officer. A bit of the Vanniyar neighborhood argued that in actuality the officer didn’t belong to a neighborhood, and claimed that the movie was purposely exhibiting them in a nasty mild. They additionally criticised the makers for naming the police officer Gurumurthy (the identify of a preferred Vanniyar neighborhood chief).

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)’s chief Anbumani Ramadoss additionally referred to as Jai Bhim a deliberate assault on the neighborhood. Later, the scenes had been corrected by the makers, and Suriya launched an announcement claiming that he by no means supposed to harm the emotions of anybody.

Despite such controversies, Jai Bhim, which was launched on Amazon Prime Video, grew to become a critics’ favorite. It was the official Indian submission on the 94th Academy Awards. However, the movie didn’t make it to the shortlist.

Directed by Tha.Se. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim additionally starred Lijmol Jose, Manikandan, Rajisha Vijayan and Prakash Raj.