Sudha Kongara hints at Vijay fans defaming her directorial Parasakthi

Filmmaker Sudha Kongararsquos film Parasakthi hit theatres on January 10 The film stars Sivakarthikeyan Sreeleela and Ravi Mohan in the lead roles The director recently addressed targeted attacks against her film from a section of people on social mediaSudha Kongara claims targeted attack on ParasakthiIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India Sudha Kongara said We have a long way to go before we take the film to where it needs to reach ndash and I have to do it in this day and age of marketing Just allowing your film to speak doesnt seem to be enough I am hoping it takes off during the Pongal weekend reaching more peopleThe film is based on the 1960s antiHindi agitation that took place in Tamil Nadu The director further spoke about the intentional defamation and slandering against the film since its release in theatres There is slandering defamation of the worst kind hiding behind unknown IDs We have to counter that You wonder where it is coming from ndash and you know where it is coming from she saidIn the interview Sudha also spoke about an X post that was threatening in tone The X handle BlastingTamilCinema claiming to be a fan of Thalapathy Vijay wrote CBFC kitta Certificate vangurathu perusu illa Anna fans kitta Sorry keetu Apology Certificate vaangu Innum 1 week iruku avanga manichu vitta Parasakthi oodum It is not a big deal to get a CBFC certificate Apologise to fans of Anna ndash Vijay ndash and get that apology certificate There is one more week They will forgive you Parasakthi will run sicDev Ramnath on Parasakthi slanderEarlier the filmrsquos creative producer and actor Dev Ramnath also called out an intentional defamation campaign against the film through a post on X On Monday Dev Ramnath took to his X handle and criticised certain netizens for attempting to sabotage Parasakthi He claimed that negative reviews were being circulated outdated videos were being used to influence audience opinion and there were deliberate attempts to lower the filmrsquos ratings on ticketing platforms He also shared screenshots to support his claimsHe wrote Just because were releasing alongside your film doesnt give you the right to sabotage ours We announced our release date first Did we try to stop your film Never He added I was at the CBFC office every single day in Chennai and Mumbai to overcome hurdles We were dealing with our censor issues just the way your team was We got ours less than 18 hours before the releaseNegative reviews using old videos influencing people shouting political slogans in theatres messing with BMS ratings This isnt competition You did the same to a big film last year he further wroteConcluding his statement he said Talking as a cinema lover this isnt healthy for any of us Parasakthi is about a student movement that we Tamils should be proud of We will fight this just the way our students didDev also shared screenshots of X accounts which spoke ill of Parasakthi Almost all the accounts had Thalapathy Vijayrsquos face as their display picture While it was assumed that he was referring to Vijay fans Ramnath clarified in an interview with IANS that he had been misrepresentedHe said A lot of people have misrepresented me saying that I have spoken against Vijay sirs fans Its a complete misrepresentation I am nobody to be warning Vijay sirs fans Vijay sir is a stalwart I have grown up watching his films I am a nobody My only request as someone whos come from a complete nonindustry nonpolitical background is that this film gets its due We have put in the hard yards for the last 10 years to come to this and to do this film And over the last six to 18 months weve put our hearts and souls into it The same goes for Jana Nayagan There are hundreds of people who have worked on Jana Nayagan When this happens to a film its difficult for everyone who has worked on it