'Jai Bhim' is not just a word, it is an emotion; this is what the director of the film Tha. Se. Gnanavel said at IFFI 2022 in Goa. The co-producer of the film Rajasekar K also revealed that they are working on a sequel to the film.

New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Alia Bhatt-starrer 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' has dominated the nominations for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Awards 2022.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): TJ Gnanavel of 'Jai Bhim' fame has come on board to helm the project titled 'Dosa King'.

Thimphu [Bhutan], April 29 (ANI): Noting that the relationship with Bhutan is rooted in history and is forward-looking, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that India's development cooperation paradigm is unique prompted by economic impulse, moral principles and emotional bonds.

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Bharat Interface for Money-Unified Payments Interface (BHIM-UPI) has emerged as the preferred payment mode of the citizens and has achieved a record of 452.75 crore digital payment transactions with the value of Rs 8.27 lakh crore till 28 February in the current financial year, the Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Wednesday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI): It's been three months since Suriya's 'Jai Bhim' had released, and it's still making headlines for one reason or another.

New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved an incentive scheme worth Rs 1,300 crore for the promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value (up to Rs 2,000) BHIM-UPI transactions (person-to-merchants) in the country.

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Monday said that as appraised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Digital India Programme has made a significant and positive impact in the lives of the common citizen in the country.

Chennai Nov 18 PTI The Vanniyar Sangam up in arms against actor Suriya for the alleged controversial portrayal of the community in his latest film Jai Bhim has approached the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Tamil Nadu Information and Public Relations Department not to consider the movie for any appreciation recognition or awardThe film according to Pu Tha Arulmozhi state president of Vanniyar Sangam does not deserve any recognition or appreciation despite the storyline based upon real life incident to exhibit the misery undergone by an underprivileged man and his wife owing to the mischievous sequences deliberately inserted in the movie for the purpose of damnifying the particular community In a representation to the governments made through his advocate K Balu Arulmozhi urged the authorities not to entertain Jai Bhim for any appreciation recognition or award My client states that the scenes in the movie amount to offend under sections 153 153 A 499 503 504 505 IPC and his team continuously indulging in activities of degrading and defaming the most backward and downtrodden communities like Vanniyars and other communities Hence my client calls upon you not to consider the movie for giving any appreciation or recognition either by considering for national award or any other award whatsoever Balu said in the representation on ThursdayCertain scenes were deliberately included in Jai Bhim to create communal disharmony between the Vanniyar community and another community This irresponsible depiction of Vanniyar community in poor light is deliberate and the producers and director cannot claim innocenceUnder the guise of freedom of expression they cannot defame particular section in the society A different and negative picture was painted in the movie contrary to the truth as seen in real life when the Vanniyar community people stood for the social justice The true story has been deliberately twisted with a view to malign the image of Vanniyar community and lower their reputation in the eyes of the people of all other communities he saidThe film released on OTT platform by Amazon distorted truth and twisted facts and displayed a calendar with Agni Kundam - the symbol of Vanniyar Sangam and named the sub inspector of police who tortured the victim in police custody as Gurumurthy after a popular leader of the Vanniyar community The depiction aimed at creating communal disharmony in the country But the real name of the police official was Anthonysamy he said and also claimed that the sub inspector who commits the grave crime does not belong to the Vanniyar communityFurther Arulmozhi who is contemplating filing civil and criminal case against the production team for deliberate mischief done by them has already issued a legal notice on November 15 to the producer director and Amazonin asking them to remove the defamatory scenes and any references to the community and its symbol of Agni Kundam in Jai Bhim immediately Also he had demanded an unconditional apology for having produced and released the film on OTT platform for public viewing with the objectionable scenes Apart from seeking them to deist from screening the false malicious and defamatory remarks against the Vanniyar community Arulmozhi demanded damages to the tune of Rs 5 crore within 7 days from the time of receipt of this notice PTI JSP ROH ROH

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 17 (ANI): Amid the 'Jai Bhim' row, actor Suriya has taken to social media to thank his fans for their support for the film.