We had earlier reported that ministers of BJP party — Tamilisai Soundarrajan and Pon Radhakrishnan — have condemned the makers of Mersal for ridiculing the ‘Digital India’ initiative and the implementation of GST through the dialogues in the movie. Members of the film fraternity including Pa. Ranjith have expressed their opinion that there is nothing wrong in talking about societal issues in the movie.
However, it is being reported that the makers of Mersal are receiving threats and are pressurised to remove the scenes that criticises the initiatives of BJP. According to latest developments, the producers of Sri Thenandal Films have given word to Pon Radhakrishnan that they would be removing or muting those scenes that address Digital India and GST.
In Mersal, Vijay also talks about how Singapore has a comparatively low tax rate and provides better medical facilities than India. Many doctors have expressed their dissatisfaction over including alleged wrong facts. In addition to that, the Indian Medical Association has decided to boycott Mersal by spreading pirated links. The association is all urging fellow professionals and paramedic staffs to the same. By doing so, the collections of Mersal might get affected, they say.
Many filmmakers feel that their freedom of speech has been curtailed due to this move. This has also sparked the debate whether films should have scenes that bear political remarks or not.
