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#ShameOnVijaySethupathi trends on Twitter: Actor trolled for playing Muttiah Muralitharan in the biopic 800
Twitterati are targetting Vijay Sethupathi for playing the role of Muttiah Muralitharan in his biopic.
Vijay Sethupathi, who will be seen playing Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in the upcoming biopic, 800 is being trolled mercilessly on social media. 800 was announced in July this year but the makers released the motion poster only a day ago. However, the upcoming biopic has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Twitterati are targetting Vijay Sethupathi for playing the role of Muttiah Muralitharan. Hashtags like #ShameOnVijaySethupathi, #BoycottVijaySethupathi are trending on Twitter as a certain section of the audience is upset of him playing Sri Lankan spinner.
However, there are a lot of people and fans who are supporting Vijay on social media. As an actor, Vijay Sethupathi has his own rights to choose whatever films he wants to, stated a Twitter user. The other twitter user wrote, "As an artist, Vijay Sethupathi has every right to choose his films. Muthiah Muralidharan was a cricketer not a murderer or a politician who was at power during Tamil eelam massacre. So there's no point trending #ShameOnVijaySethupathi."
Check out what Twitterati have to say:
The ball was bowled and the wickets taken. Is there any other story besides this?#ShameOnVijaySethupathi
@VijaySethuOffl who does not understand the feelings of the Tamils of the world, is acting in an anti-Tamil film for his own sake.#ShameOnVijaySethupathi
Legendary hero @VijaySethuOffl please don't hurt Tamilan's feelings. You are Great human being . Please come out from that project #ShameOnVijaySethupathi
Nothing to shame for an acting on other countries celebraties. An actor can do anything.. #ShameOnVijaySethupathi
Is it the worst thing that happened to India and the world is advent of social media where people have a way to express their thoughts uninhibited. Two trending sums it up #BoycottTanishq for an interfaith ad and #ShameOnVijaySethupathi for agreeing to act on Murali's biopic.
i hate @VijaySethuOffl for his irrational & immoral stands. i have stopped watching his movies long back & will continue the same. But to target his 800 movie on #MuthiahMuralidaran is so unacceptable. This has nothing to do with tamil sentiments. #ShameOnVijaySethupathi.
#ShameOnVijaySethupathi #IsupportVijaySethupati
What ill has he done?? He is just doing his job and we want him to play this character..I support u sir
The motion poster of the Muttiah Muralitharan biopic 800 was released recently and it has received a mixed response. Directed by MS Sripathy, Muttiah Muralitharan biopic will be shot in Tamil.
Muttiah Muralitharan had earlier said, "I am honoured that an accomplished actor such as Vijay Sethupathi will be playing me in the film. I have been actively collaborating with the creative team for the past several months, and I will continue to support this project through its duration."
Meanwhile, Vijay has a lot of film in his kitty including Master, Laabam and Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal.
