‘Jai Bhim’ controversy: Vanniyar Sangam files a case against Suriya and the team

Suriya recently delivered the court drama ‘Jai Bhim’, which is directed by TJ Gnanavel, and the film received good responses from the audience. But the film landed in trouble after a few people stood against it for a few scenes. The head of Vanniyar Sangam, Arulmozhi has reportedly filed a case at…

Jai Bhim controversy: Kollywood rallies behind Suriya & the film team

Suriya’s film Jai Bhim, which released on OTT to great acclaim, has also resulted in a controversy with political party Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) taking exception to a visual and a character’s name, alleging that they were references to the caste to which most of its cadres belong. However, after the film’s…

Steve Smith in Sandpaper Gate, Paine in texting scandal: Another Australia captain ends tenure in controversy

Around three and a half years after the infamous ‘Sandpapergate’ controversy that forced Cricket Australia to sack and ban then captain Steve Smith, another scandal has rocked the cricket fraternity as Tim Paine stepped down as Australia Test cricket captain on Friday for sending inappropriate text messages to a…

Santhanam’s opinion Suriya’s Jai Bhim controversy

Despite having got critical acclaim, actor Suriya starrer ‘Jai Bhim’ has hit headlines for all the wrong reasons over the last couple of weeks. The film has landed actor Suriya in trouble after a group of people accused the star regarding a few scenes which accused a certain community. Now,…

Withdraw Kangana Ranaut’s Padma Shri: Chorus grows after her freedom was ‘bheek’ remark

Politicians across party lines demanded the government take back the Padma Shri bestowed on actor Kangana Ranaut after she triggered a controversy by describing India’s Independence in 1947 as ‘bheek’ or alms. Ranaut also claimed that India attained freedom only after 2014, when the Narendra…

Swedish cartoonist, who drew drawings of Prophet Mohammad, killed in car crash

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said. Vilks, 75, who had been living under police protection since the drawings were published, was…

“India Still Has Some Covid”: UK On Stricter Quarantine Rules For Indians

New Delhi:  Amid an escalating controversy over the UK government enforcing a strict quarantine for Indian travellers fully inoculated against Covid with Covishield, Alex Ellis, the British High Commissioner to India, has clarified that the Serum Institute of India-made vaccine “is not the issue”.…

TNPL 2021: Suresh Raina’s ‘I am Brahmin’ remark during commentary lands him in controversy

HIGHLIGHTS Suresh Raina sparks a controversy with his ‘i am brahmin’ remark Suresh Raina has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2008 Raina comapred Chennai’s culture with his upper caste identity Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has sparked a controversy after equating Chennai’s…

Kangana drags Aamir’s intolerance remark amid her passport renewal controversy: ‘No way he was tortured’

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who moved the Bombay High Court on Tuesday for her passport renewal, has now dragged Aamir Khan into the controversy. The passport authority rejected Kangana’s passport renewal plea, post which the actress moved the court to seek directions to the authorities to renew her…