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South Connect: Were Cholas Not Hindus?? Director Vetri Maaran’s Comment Sparks Debate

Tamil film director Vetrimaaran has sparked a controversy by speaking about Emperor Raja Raja Cholan’s religious identity. According to the director, the famed ruler was not a Hindu Emperor.Vetrimaaran’s comments have come just days after the release of filmmaker Mani Ratnamā€™s magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan: Part One, which is based on Kalkiā€™s fictional Tamil novel inspired by the Tamil emperor Raja Raja Cholan (since there is no English equivalent of the letter ‘zha,’ Chozhan is mostly written as ā€˜Cholanā€™).ā€œWhen the Dravidian movement took over Tamil cinema, there were arguments about doing art for artā€™s sake and not for the masses. They talked a lot about aesthetics. Yes, thatā€™s also important but no art is complete if it doesnā€™t touch the lives of people. Art should reflect people’s lives,ā€ he said. Vetrimaaran’s fiery speech has left the internet divided

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