Sarkar row: Director AR Murugadoss moves Madras High court seeking anticipatory bail

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New Delhi: South superstar Vijay's latest outing 'Sarkar' has stormed a huge controversy after AIADMK members expressed their reservation over a few scenes. The political thriller in one of the scenes shows the state government giving freebies to people ahead of the elections. This created a ruckus with massive protests against the movie.

The director of the movie AR Murugadoss has now moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail, following the huge controversy. Reportedly, several members of the AIADMK party protested outside various movie theatres.

Tamil Nadu: Following the controversy over #Sarkar film, its director AR Murugadoss has applied for anticipatory bail at Madras High Court. The court will hear the matter later today. — ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2018

There have been protests by AIADMK workers in the state against the film. They are alleging that certain scenes in the movie criticize the previous Tamil Nadu Govt led by J Jayalalithaa. #Sarkar https://t.co/m1hWCVRzK1 — ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2018

The production house Sun Pictures backing the movie has not yet released a statement about the removal of the objectional content.

Meanwhile veterans such as Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan extended their support to the movie and the makers by calling such things as pressure tactics.

'Sarkar' is produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures. The dialogues were co-written by B. Jeyamohan. The movie features Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu and Radha Ravi in pivotal parts. The film has already earned over Rs 100 crore globally in just two days of its release.