Krishnasamy seeks ban on ‘Sandiyar’ title for Kamal Haasan’s upcoming movie

CHENNAI Puthiya Tamilagam founder K. Krishnasamy on Wednesday (November 11, 2026) met Minister for Information and Publicity Rajmohan at the Secretariat in Chennai and submitted a petition seeking a ban on the title ‘Sandiyar’ for actor Kamal Haasan’s upcoming movie. Incidentally, in August 2014, a Tamil movie with a similar title was released without any protests. In a letter, Dr.

Krishnasamy objected to Mr. Haasan using the title ‘Sandiyar’ for his upcoming movie. He also recalled that when the same title was proposed for a movie by Mr. Haasan in 2003, it created a controversy, particularly in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

Following the intervention of the then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the title was withdrawn and the movie was renamed ‘Virumandi’, he said. Five Kamal Haasan films that courted controversies Five Kamal Haasan films that courted controversies What sets the latest controversy apart is that, unlike past instances where the objections were over the film’s content or title, this time, the row has nothing to do with the movie itself.