The audio launch of Kanguva held on Saturday was largely a controversy-free occasion, apart from the ruffling of feathers courtesy actor-filmmaker Bose Venkat, who’s enjoying a pivotal position within the Siva directorial. Taking to the stage fairly early within the occasion, Venkat, who just lately helmed the Vemal-starrer Sir, mentioned, “A celebrity has to information the followers. It needs to be like how Suriya does it along with his ‘anbaana’ followers.”
Whereas this appeared like a quite sedate however assured begin concerning the relationship between Suriya and his followers, issues took a flip for the… Properly, let’s name it attention-grabbing. “Educate your followers righteousness. Educate them to be benevolent. Educate them to respect folks and dwell fulfilling lives. Give them schooling and the information to grasp proper and mistaken. Then, in spite of everything this, one can come to politics,” mentioned Venkat. This assertion got here a day earlier than the primary mass gathering of actor-politician Vijay’s celebration, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam.
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Bose Venkat tried to assuage the responses by saying {that a} chief can come from wherever, nonetheless, he quickly circled again to referencing Vijay in his speech, and mentioned, “A pacesetter can’t be born by holding your followers as fools. Make them educated. Make them research. Suriya sir, it is best to come to politics.”
This speech didn’t go down properly with many netizens, who’re enthusiastic about TVK’s debut celebration assembly on a large scale. Many even identified that Venkat’s allegiance to the ruling DMK authorities within the state made him make these remarks towards different actor-turned-politicians, together with Vijay.
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In the meantime, Kanguva, which marks the maiden collaboration between director Siva and Suriya, additionally stars Bobby Deol and Disha Patani, and can hit the screens on November 14.
