Kamal Haasan In Soup Over 'Derogatory' Remark on Mahabharatha, Public Interest Litigation Filed Against Him
Indiatimes
March 21, 2017
In an interview with a Tamil television channel, Hassan had said, "In Mahabharata, Panchali was used as a pawn while the men gambled. She was used as a collateral and India is a country that respects and honours a book that revolves around men using a woman to gamble away as if she was a mere object, " reports ANI
Rama Ravikumar the state secretary of HMK told The Financial Express, "“He does not have the guts to talk about any other religion. He is an anti-Hindu person, so we complained against him. We have been suffering for long but haven’t been saying anything.”
The actor also sparked a raging debate after his comment on Jallikattu ban where he said, "“If you want a ban on jallikattu, let’s also ban biryani… I’m a big fan of jallikattu.”