Overview
- At the trailer launch of Neelira, Vetrimaaran criticized recent films he called “hate propaganda” and praised the war drama for avoiding hate or calls to violence.
- He warned that propaganda can bend public memory and cited the deaths reported during 2016 demonetisation queues to show how cinema can recast real events.
- Social media users and several outlets interpreted his comments as an indirect critique of Aditya Dhar and Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar films, though he did not name them.
- Attention centered on Dhurandhar 2, a recent hit that presents demonetisation as a targeted national security operation.
- He also asked whether Neelira cleared the censor without a CBFC revising-committee review, underscoring unease over how certification handles politically charged content.