AIADMK to take action against the actor and the team. | Photo Credit: ANI

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Law minister CV Shanmugam on Thursday condemned Tollywood actor Vijay's recent release 'Sarkar' for allegedly attempting to instigate violence in society and called the actor a Naxalite. "Through this movie, an attempt is made to instigate violence in society. It is not less than a terrorist instigating people for violence. It attempts to pull down a democratically elected government. We will take action against the actor and the team," Shanmugam said.

This is not the first time that the actor and his movies faced the ire of political leaders for its political content and views. In 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party raised objections to a section in his film 'Mersal' for promoting 'misconceptions' about central government schemes, including Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation and Digital India.

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Meanwhile, members and supporters of AIADMK carried out a protest outside Priya Enterplex in Madurai against the film. "We'll continue to protest outside theatres till controversial scenes and dialogues aren't removed. We appeal exhibitors not to show it,” said AIADMK MLA and former mayor of Madurai VV Rajan Chellappa.

The actor is in the eye of the storm once again, this time for his film Sarkar which has a scene in which AR Murugadoss, who is also the director of the movie, throws a government freebie into the fire. The AIADMK has perceived this as an insult at the welfare schemes initiated by the late CM Jayalalithaa.

Meanwhile, a social activist submitted a complaint to Chennai police Commissioner AK Viswanathan and requested him to register a case of sedition against Murugadoss.