Around 1,000 people from 30 different unions affiliated to the Film Employees’ Federation of South India (FEFSI) joined a protest on Tuesday, joining student protestors across Tamil Nadu.
Observing a token fast near Valluvar Kottam, the protestors called for economic sanctions against Sri Lanka, an independent investigation into genocide, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa produced before the International Criminal Court and a referendum for a separate state of Tamil Eelam.
FEFSI president and director Ameer stated,
“If the Union Government does not take any positive step for Sri Lankan Tamils, the Tamil film industry would break all the ties with island nation. None of the Tamil movies would be screen in Sri Lanka".
Those present at the protest included music director Ilayaraja, movie directors Shankar, A R Murugadoss, Balaji Sakthivel, Suhasini, Jananathan, Sasikumar, Santhanabharathi, actors Vinu Chakravarthy, Sibi Sathyaraj, Prasanna and 'small screen' actor Kuyili.
See report from New Indian Express here.
Also see our earlier post:
Tamil Nadu film industry to protest against genocide (18 March 2013)