Protest against Salman ?

While the Osthe team is planning to rope in Bollywood star Salman Khan for its audio launch or premiere, now, it looks like they may have to think of other celebrities for the event. 

For, the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) is planning a large-scale protest if the actor visits the city for the event.

Says Kannan, secretary - HMK, "We will definitely protest against Salman Khan, who offended the sentiments of Tamils all over the world by visiting Sri Lanka twice despite being requested not to do so by various pro-Tamil organizations." He says that the actor went for an awards show while his Bollywood peers like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan refused to go on humanitarian grounds. "He even had the gall to later shoot for a film in that country, which has been carrying out genocide against the Tamil population living there. And during that visit, the actor also toured the country with Mahindra Rajapakse, whose action even the European nations and the US have condemned," he adds.

Kannan says that it is surprising that Simbu is planning to invite Salman, "while his father T Rajendar has been protesting against the atrocities against Tamils in Sri Lanka."

Quiz him on why the outfit was silent when the actor visited the city to launch the audio of stuntmaster-director Vijayan's Markandeyan and Kannan says that would have protested if they had received that information beforehand. "We did protest during the release of Kaavalan, which starred Asin, who went to Sri Lanka to shoot for Ready," he claims.

So, what does the outfit hope to achieve with such protests? "Tamils all over the world are fighting to get justice against the draconian Sri Lankan government. Our protests will lend weight to their cause," says Kannan.