The screening of a Sri Lankan film, ‘With You Without You’ was cancelled in Chennai on Saturday, after receiving threat calls from Tamil groups who claimed the film was ‘anti-Tamil,’ reports Dailymirror.lk.
Commenting on the cancellation of the screening in Chennai, the director, Prasanna Withanage, said that people he spoke to had initially thought it was anti-Tamil but changed their minds after watching the film.
“I owe a lot to Tamil cinema, have immerse respect for the filmmakers here. In fact, we were planning to organise a special screening for the people of the Tamil film industry. It is just sad,” he said, commenting on the lack of reception for the film in Tamil Nadu.
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