Kaththi

Right before the release of the film, there were reports of vandalism and defacing public property. Tamil groups felt that the film shouldn’t release as they felt that Lyca Productions, who was bankrolling the film, had links to Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan President who has been accused of massacring Tamil civilians in his war against the LTTE. Furthermore, Telugu Film director Narasimha Rao, who has worked as an associate director with Shankar of ‘2.0’ fame, said that his story was plagiarised and sought the help of the United Forum of Telugu Film Directors.