Makkal Needhi Maiam President and actor Kamal Haasan`Thug Life’ movie press conference in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Bengaluru city civil and sessions court on Friday (July 4, 2025) issued an ex-parte temporary injunction restraining actor Kamal Haasan from making any statements having the effect of causing hurt or defaming the Kannada […]
Actor Kamal Haasan during the`Thug Life’ movie press conference in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 19, 2025) asked the Karnataka Government to take action against those obstructing the screening of Kamal Haasan starrer “Thug Life” in the State. A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Manmohan […]
Members of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike (Praveen Shetty faction) during a protest against actor Kamal Haasan in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: file photo There seems to be no respite for Kamal Haasan’s Thug Life in Karnataka. A day after the Supreme Court directed the State to release the film, distributors from Karnataka are unwilling to […]
Actor Rishab Shetty in a still from the film Kantara. | Photo Credit: File photo Heavy rains lashing parts of Hosanagara taluk disrupted the shooting of the movie – Kantara: Chapter 1, directed by and starring Rishab Shetty, at the backwaters of Mani dam, built across Varahi river, on Saturday. According to the production company, […]
A view of the High Court of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday asked actor Kamal Haasan’s Raajkamal Films International (RKFI), Chennai, to file its statement of objections, if any, against the applications filed by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) and an advocate, who want to be part of proceedings […]
The Supreme Court refused to grant urgent hearing on plea seeking for protection of theatres screening ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Monday (June 9, 2025) agreed to hear on June 13 a plea to ensure the safe and unimpeded screening of Kamal Haasan’s Tamil movie […]
The Supreme Court refused to grant urgent hearing on plea seeking for protection of theatres screening ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Monday (June 9, 2025) refused to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking protection against alleged threats over the screening of Kamal Haasan’s […]
Raajkamal Films International (in which Kamal Haasan is a director) has filed a petition seeking police protection for release of Thug Life due to opposition from pro-Kannada organisations and Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), | Photo Credit: Thamodharan B Slamming actor Kamal Haasan for ‘speaking insensitively’ about the Kannada language, veteran BJP leader B. […]
The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and various pro-Kannada organisations have opposed the release of ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka till actor Kamal Haasan isssues an apology. File | Photo Credit: Johan Sathya Das Jai Tamil movie Thug Life will not be released in Karnataka as part of its worldwide launch on June 5, as actor […]
Activist Vatal Nagaraj leading a protest against actor Kamal Haasan, condemning the latter’s remarks against Kannada, in Mysuru on Monday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj has threatened a Statewide bandh over Tamil actor Kamal Haasan’s remarks against Kannada. Mr. Nagaraj, who led a protest against the actor in Mysuru on Monday […]
