New Delhi: Those amongst Sri Lankan Tamils who watched ‘The Family Man 2‘ have one factor to say in unison – “It’s a brilliant fiction thriller”. While among the viewers did have variations of opinion and disliked some parts, none of them felt that the spy-thriller-drama sequence deserved a ban.
It is notable that Naam Tamilar Katchi in Tamil Nadu and the ruling DMK Government have been demanding a ban, simply after watching the trailer. Their calls for for a ban continued even after the sequence launched.
Playing the same old “anti-Tamil” card and stating that Eelam Tamils (Lankan Tamils) are portrayed in a extremely objectionable method, these events sought a ban on the sequence directed by Indian duo Raj and DK. Many on social media had been fast to name for the boycott of actor Samantha Akkineni’s movies.
Some people even went to the extent of threatening to boycott Amazon and their Prime Video Service. While the ban on Family Man 2 was first demanded by Seeman’s Naam Tamilar Katchi, it was lapped up by the DMK-Government’s IT Minister. He wrote to the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, on two cases, calling for a ban on the sequence.
Zee Media spoke to Sri Lankan Tamils to know the finer elements of their observations from having watched ‘The Family Man 2’.
While the Family Man 2 sequence launch was extremely anticipated in India after the profitable first sequence, it was not the identical in Sri Lanka. Hardly any Lankan Tamils knew of the sequence or its impending launch. The few who watched it had been movie fans and those that had a eager curiosity within the style. Some Sri Lankan Tamil journalists had not even heard of this sequence, however had been eager on watching each seasons after being beneficial the trailer.
According to I.S.Kumaran, a Sri lankan Tamil, who holds a level in International Affairs, the Family Man sequence is clearly a piece of fiction. He believes that since it’s made for mass market leisure, the makers get pleasure from inventive freedom, in contrast to a truth or perspective based mostly documentary.
Having watched each seasons, he says that the plot is not only about authorities variations of the Lankan War and its penalties. “The way the character Raji (played by Samantha) speaks about the horrors meted out to her family and her own self, is exposing the Sri Lankan government and Army narrative on the war. It also deals with how Center-State politics works in India and the larger Indo-China geopolitical play in the Indian Ocean region” he advised Zee media.
A Sri Lankan Tamil and film buff (who wished to not be named) is of the agency opinion that the sequence doesn’t denigrate or insult the Lankan Tamil freedom wrestle. Instead, he feels that it showcases the wrestle of a persecuted minority race. “The word terrorist is not used against the rebels, instead they call them as rebels” he factors out to Zee Media. He additionally provides that the sequence portrays the political video games that the Indian Government, Lankan Government and Tamil Nadu Government performed to achieve their very own goals.
However he does object to how the character that appears to attract a parallel to slain LTTE chief Prabhakaran, is portrayed. He feels that extra justice may have been accomplished to that character, given the management and energy of Prabhakaran, which stored the LTTE going for practically three a long time. While commending Samantha’s fire-in-her-eyes portrayal of Raji, he says that it rightly portrays LTTE girls cadre as extremely educated, expert and succesful. However, he believes that the ladies within the LTTE held their self-respect excessive and wouldn’t do “anything” (as portrayed in two cases within the sequence) to satisfy their mission.
“How they have shown the rebel leader(alluding to LTTE Prabhakaran) as a runaway who went and lived a luxurious life in a Foreign land is questionable. Given the strict discipline and abstinence of the LTTE, showing him and cadre enjoying liquor and smoking is not accurate” opined a Sri Lankan Tamil Journalist(on situation of anonymity) to Zee Media. However, he too maintains that the sequence is price a watch and the requires its ban by Tamil Nadu’s political events are completely unreasonable.
However, it have to be famous that the makers clearly said that theirs was a piece of fiction. It got here with the same old disclaimer which stated any resemblance to individuals residing/useless and precise occasions is only coincidental. But, for some viewers, the LTTE similarity is tough to overlook. It is owing to the rebels’ camouflage uniform, cyanide capsule neckbands, the try to assassinate an Indian Prime Minister(the join with Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassination 1991 by a lady suicide bomber), and many others.
