A case has been registered against Viduthalai Sigappi under five charges.
Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith condemned the case registered against his assistant director Viduthalai Sigappi.
The Chennai Police has registered a case against Viduthalai Sigappi, an assistant director to filmmaker Pa Ranjith, on the basis of a complaint alleging that he insulted Hindu deities including Rama and Sita. The Abhiramapuram police registered the FIR on the basis of a complaint by Suresh Parthasarathy, leader of right-wing outfit Bharat Hindu Munnani. Eddie was charged with inciting disturbance and insulting a particular religion, Sigappi, for reciting a satirical poem about deaths due to manual scavenging during the celebration of Dalit History Month organized by Director Pa Ranjit’s Neelam Cultural Center on April 30. Is charged. A part of his poem went viral. , And on social media people demanded action against him.
Upon learning of this, Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith condemned the case filed against Viduthalai Sigappi and said that the video was taken out of context. He said that Viduthalai Sigappi was giving a speech about the deaths caused by scavenging, when he, reciting a poem, remarked whether death would be noticed if God were subjected to a similar test. This was done to emphasize the point that the system turns a blind eye to the deaths of the underprivileged who are engaged in manual scavenging.
Furthermore, the statement claimed that threats were made against Viduthalai Sigappi over the last three days by organizations that were “trying to turn creative freedom into a communal issue.” The police and the Tamil Nadu government were also criticized by the Neelam Cultural Center for filing the FIR.
Speaking to The News Minute, one of the representatives of the Neelam Cultural Center said that the poem was meant for people to put themselves in the place of the victims of scavenging death. The response to this poem suggests that people are more shocked and agitated by the simulated scenario than by the actual deaths caused by manual scavenging. It is precisely the social logic that the poem is trying to express. Thus, it would be a mistake to read the poem literally.
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