A court in Chennai has ordered the police to file a FIR against Suriya, Jyothika and Jai Bhim's director TJ Gnanavel.
Earlier, Suriya was also served legal notification demanding Rs 5 crore compensation by the political outfit Pattali Makkal Katchi for allegedly tarnishing the image of the Vanniyar people group.
The main source of contention stems from a scene in which a calendar with the 'Agni Gundam' (raging fire) symbol is shown. The symbol is said to represent the Vanniyar people group and the political organizations associated with the local area are not happy, as they allege that the scene in question suggests that the main villain, a bad cop, belongs to their local area.
"You have projected the said fiendish person, a transgressor as assuming he had a place with the Vanniyar people group thereby imputing that the members of the Vanniyar people group are inclined to commit off-base and illegal things while in real life the said sub-inspector does not have a place with Vanniyar people group," read the part of the legal notification.
After the controversy broke out over the Agni Gundam calendar in the film, director Gnanavel issued an apology, owning up to the responsibility for the oversight. "It is unfortunate to ask Suriya to take ownership of the responsibility. As the director, this is a matter I alone have to take responsibility for," he had said in his apology.
"I didn't realize that a calendar hung in the background will be understood as a kind of perspective to a local area. It is not our intention to make it a symbol of reference to a particular local area and it was exclusively to mirror the period, the year 1995," he added.
Jai Bhim was released on Amazon Prime Video last November to massive critical acclaim. It has been making headlines since.
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