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Tamil diaspora organisations slam Malayalam movie over Prabhakaran ‘insult’

Tamil diaspora organisations from around the world released a statement criticising Malayalam-language movie ‘Varane Avashyamund’, after a scene that involved naming a pet dog “Prabhakara”, caused widespread outrage.

“Tamils all over the world are outraged by the insult hurled at our National Leader Honorable V. Prabhakaran, whom Tamils consider a historic hero,” said the statement signed by the World Thamil Organisation, the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, the International Council of Eelam Tamils, the Thamil Thaai Mandram and the Kanthamurugasanaar Tamil Cultural Centre.

They went on to state that the offending scene shows insults “the highly esteemed and revered leader who resides in the bosom of the world Tamil community”.

“Certain Malayalee bureaucrats who still wield a lot of authority in the  corridors of power in the Government of India have played a major role in the destruction of Tamils in Tamil Eelam and they are continuing til today to demean and degrade the Tamil people and the liberation of Tamil Eelam by using the media,” the statement added.

See the full text of the letter below.

Malayalam actor Dulquer Salmaan sent out a public apology after the use of the LTTE leader’s name in such a manner provoked outrage online, with the hashtags #PrabhakaranIsTamilsIdentity and #PrabhakaranIsOurLeader trending in southern India.

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