Muralitharan Bio Pic And The Storm In Tamil Nadu

#ShameOnVijaysethupathy trends in twitter after Muttaiah Muralitharan bio pic 800 announcement.

Looks like several Indian Tamils are not happy about making a bio pic of Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muralitharan; thus they express their dissatisfaction to Vijay Sethupathy for playing his role.

Because several Indians believe Sri Lankan government is the reason for the genocide of Tamils in the Northern Sri Lanka during the ethnic war that ended in 2009.
They accuse Muralitharan as a traitor for playing for Sri Lankan national team and contributing for his country's victory including the 1996 world cup.
Besides that, they are offended with the fact, that Muralitharan entered politics (not directly, but his younger brother contested for parliamentary election) under Rajapaksha's ruling party; thus they believe Muralitharan lost his capacity to be a Tamilian.

As a Sri Lankan, I could sense the amount of stupidity, politics, and selfishness around this matter and would like to clarify a few points to my fellow Tamil friends in this forum.

- Many Indian Tamils do not know there are 2 Tamil ethnicity in Sri Lanka.
1. Sri Lankan Tamil 2. Indian origin Tamil (they were stateless persons before 1983)
The Sri Lankan Tamils do not mingle, respect or even consider these Indian origin Tamils as fellow Tamilians. Leave alone respecting them as fellow citizens until recently. The reason being, these Indian origin Tamils are poor, brought to Sri Lanka as slaves from India by the British, and are considered low caste/poor class.
They still live in line houses (which is a very poor shelter given for estate laborers), do not enjoy their rights and no proper education to their offspring.

The Sri Lankan Tamils have never represented these Indian origin Tamils in their arm fights in the past, and never considered their rights or living as a part of their fight either. But just because of having Tamil identity, most of these Indian origin Tamils had to face arbitrary arrest, detention and questioning by the Sri lankan police in the past.
These Indian origin Tamils still fight for their basic rights, such as minimum wage for their daily labor works, and basic facilities for their living etc...

But Indian Tamils living in Tamil Nadu, always consider Sri Lankan Tamils as their தொப்பிள் கொடி உறவுகள் (umbilical cord relationship), but they dont know their actual தொப்பிள் கொடி உறவுகள் is these Indian origin hill country estate Tamils in Sri Lanka.
It seems odd, when Indians chose a blind eye and deaf ear when it comes to these Indian origin Tamil's most basic issues, while shouting and fighting for the rights of Sri Lankan Tamils. Double standard isn't it?

Muralitharan belongs to Indian origin Tamil: Played for IPL matches.
Perhaps that's why Sri Lankan Tamils have never accepted him as their hero. He was considered as a best cricketer by the world. Indians liked him; hence he played for CSK and SRH (IPL) with the fullest support of Indian fans. No one bothered to question his origin or relationship with the Sri Lankan team when they booked him for the IPL matches, but celebrated his success for the team. Again double standard isn't it?

The bio pic 800
This bio pic is all about cricket. That's what the makers of this movie said so far.
It is to celebrate his success, document his struggles as a person, and fights as a cricketer when he faced hardships in his paths. It is like documenting any other bio pic of a successful person regardless of his origin or orientation.
The movie doesn't portray him as a Tamil fighter or a freedom fighter with a gun. But as a cricketer with a ball.
The title 800 itself speaks volumes about the movie. Why can't they accept it as it is?

Vijay sethupathy as Muralitharan
After seeing the first poster, even I felt how close he looks to the original Muralitharan. Like how Sushanth Singh Rajput looked like MS Dhoni in his bio pic.
He, as an actor would even play Veerappan's role or even Osama Bin laden's role if that pleases his career dream. This is his profession, and he is expected to do justice to the role he plays in the movie.
Why can't others see this in a professional way, than politicizing it?

Diaspora Sri Lankan Tamils and some Indian Politicians
Sri Lankan Tamil's freedom fight has become a business content for both Diaspora Sri Lankan Tamils and certain Tamil Nadu politicians these days.
The former uses this to make sure they and their relatives receive refugee visas. The latter uses this for their own cheap political fame.
But no one considers the actual war victims, the ex-LTTE disabled cadres and their poor families. There are thousands of war widows, and orphans who are living under the Rajapaksha's ruling Government's care.
Many ex-LTTE cadres joined Sri Lankan army and Police while a few joined politics under the ruling Government.
Those Sri Lankan Tamils living in Sri Lanka elected several young Tamil politicians under Rajapaksha's party, and that is how they have moved from a disaster to development towards reconciliation. Let them live....

India backed Sri Lankan Government for the war victory
It is known to all that Sri Lankan Government won the war with the fullest support and backing from India. Yet, no one questions India or the parties that ruled India back then.
LTTE had India's backing until they killed former Indian president Rajiv Ghandhi. And it is amusing to know, Tamil Nadu people are supporting LTTE despite the fact that they killed their own president, yet shout Vandematharam. Double standard again???

A few double standard fellows from here and there uses Sri Lankan war to their own selfish reasons. But they become viral due to the ignorance of many many Tamilians who think ONLY emotionally. Just think rationally before you act. JMO