A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to ban the Tamil film Desiya Thalaivar, a biopic on Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, on the ground that it depicts unconfirmed instances related to former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj.
Hearing adjourned
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan on Wednesday adjourned the hearing by a week, and asked Additional Advocate-General J. Ravindran to go through the papers before making his submissions.
A. Hari Nadar, founder-president of Shatriya Sandror Padai, had filed the PIL plea claiming that the wrong portrayal of facts related to Kamaraj in the biopic, released in theatres on October 30, could lead to clashes between Nadar and Thevar community people.
Mr. Nadar further said the film claims that the former Chief Minister faced a challenge in contesting the Virudhunagar Municipality elections in 1936 because of a rule that required the contestants to hold some property and submit the property tax receipt along with their nomination.
