Overview
- A First Division Bench led by Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava directed Additional Advocate-General J. Ravindran to review the filings and return next week.
- Petitioner A. Hari Nadar seeks a ban on the film, alleging defamation of former chief minister K. Kamaraj through unverified portrayals.
- The plea challenges a scene showing Muthuramalinga Thevar buying a lamb and paying tax in Kamaraj’s name to satisfy a 1936 property criterion, claiming no documentary support.
- The petition warns of potential clashes between Thevar and Nadar communities and points to the 2019 removal of a similar anecdote from a Class VII Tamil textbook.
- Earlier petitions at the Madurai Bench were withdrawn after the court sought a CBFC reply, while the Chennai PIL remains pending with no restraint order on screenings.