No respite for Superstar, now a legal case

A defamation complaint has been filed in a magistrate court in Madurai against Tamil film actor Vijay and others for a reference to the 2G spectrum case in his Diwali release “Kaththi.”

Madurai-based advocate has filed the defamation complaint against actor Vijay, film director A R Murugadoss and Lyca Productions (the producer of the movie) contending that there is a dialogue in the film which suggested that corruption occurred in the allocation of 2G spectrum.

The dialogue in question is: “This country is of the persons having looted crores and crores of rupees by keeping just [2G] waves.” Cine people were not supposed to come to a conclusion that corruption occurred in spectrum allocation when the matter was being heard by a court in Delhi, the complainant said. “With an ulterior motive, the movie has been created. It portrays the nation and rulers in a bad manner. Its dialogues amount to damaging the dignity of the judiciary, besides nation’s dignity in the world. It would affect nation’s foreign direct investment,” the complainant said.

The court, however, has postponed the matter to Nov 11. The film has already been called a blockbuster, and by the next month, it would’ve had a very run at the cinemas