Apologies from Baahubali writer
The dialogue writer of Tamil dubbed Baahubali, Madhan Karky, seems to be disturbed by the attack on Baahubali theatre.Its known that seven members of a Dalit party arrested in Madurai yesterday for hurling country-made petrol bombs on at the main entrance of a cinema theatre which showing Baahubali.
They alleged that some dialogues in the film showed their community in derogatory way.
The film's lyricist and dialogue writer Madan Karky responded on the matter and he has issued a media statement and apologized for it.
In an official statement he says, 'I came to know through media sources that a word present in the dialogue of the movie 'Baahubali' hurt the sentiments of a few and that, this has led them to acts of violence.
In the dialogue quoted to be the issue, "en thaayaiyum thaai naattaiyum endha pagadaikku piRandhavanum thoda mudiyaadhu...", I had used the term 'pagadaikku piranthavan' to mean a person born out of loss in a gambling game of dice. I did not know that it was the name of a community.
Our intention is not to speak ill of anyone. Just so that the invaders should not be equated to any caste or group, a new language was created for them.
We have taken all possible efforts to avoid hurting the feelings of any group. Now, I'm also taking efforts to remove the word that has hurt the sentiments of a community. I'm letting you know that the word will be removed from the movie soon. I'm sorry if anyone has been hurt.'
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News Posted: 23 July, 2015
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