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Industry goes wild over Amir’s criticism on Karunanidhi
Aug 14, 2006
Amir

The announcement of entertainment tax rebate for movies with Tamil titles has been received with wide-open hands by the Tamil cinema industry. While we thought there were no differences of opinions in this stand, Amir stands out in this issue and criticized the Tamil Nadu government for granting tax rebate merely base on the movies with Tamil title.

Well to go any further, if you have doubts about who Amir is, he is the director who caught the public’s attention with his ‘Ram’, which eventually set Jeeva’s career in a fast track.

Amir is furious about the announcement and further criticizes the government by stating that this rule enables soft-porn / obscene movies to get a rebate on the tax as well which will lead the producers of such movies to advertise the movies to be tax free, simply for the sake of naming in Tamil.

He questions government’s decision to render financial assistance to the movie Periyar and asks if the government considers Periyar to be a significant movie, why the movie was not produced by NFDC. He further queries whether the government will provide financial aid to movies based on the life of other leaders as well.

Amir has also declared that he will raise the issue on September 23, 2006 when entire Tamil cinema gathers to felicitate the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in the Nehru Stadium.

Karunanidhi
Following this statement, the Producers Council, Distributors Council and Directors Association criticized Amir’s actions in different statements issued here in Chennai. While the Producers Council has disassociated itself from Amir for his actions, Directors Council condemned him for his statement.
Producer council

In a separate statement issued by Chennai – Kanchipuram – Thiruvalloor district distributors association, Arulpathy and G. Sekharan accused Amir of backstabbing while riding the same horse. They also stated that Amir’s activities in this regard are highly condemned.

On the contrary, Amir has released a statement slamming the accusations thrown at him by refusing that he has not made any remarks defaming the Tamil Nadu government or the Chief Minister in particular.

He further stated that he is in no way responsible for the activities that are seemed to be happening to slander his image in the public.

Well, we smell something fishy and do predict a riot. Keep watching this space for updates.
 
 
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