The cast of Parasakthi joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Pongal celebrations in Delhi, calling it a symbol of national unity. The meeting is being seen by some as political outreach ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly elections
Team Paraskthi with PM Modi
The cast of Tamil film Parasakthi joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi in celebrating harvest festival Pongal at a function held in the national capital on Wednesday.
The team, including actors Sivakarthikeyan and Ravi Mohan, and music composer G V Prakash Kumar, met the Prime Minister at the residence of Union Minister L Murugan. It is being seen in some quarters as an outreach to the Tamil community ahead of the assembly elections in the southern state.
Parasakthi team celebrate Pongal in Delhi
Actor Sivakarthikeyan said it is always an honour and a pleasure to meet the prime minister. "The Pongal celebration in Delhi is a message about the country's unity," he told reporters after the event.
Co-star Ravi Mohan said he was overwhelmed by the aura of Prime Minister Modi. "The prime minister greeted us with a smiling face, and it feels great to be here," he said.
Thanking Murugan for inviting the 'Parasakthi' team to participate in the Pongal celebration in Delhi along with the prime minister, Mohan said it was a great honour for all Tamilians that such a beautiful event was held in the heart of the national capital.
Music composer Kumar, in a post on X, said, "Thiruvasagam was performed today in Pongal-2026 celebration at Delhi in front of our honourable prime minister Narendra Modi¿ and (Union Minister) L Murugan.
Sudha Kongara on Congress leader depiction in Parasakthi
The film, Parasakthi, is set against the backdrop of protests against the "imposition" of Hindi in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s. The Tamil Nadu unit of the Congress has objected to the depiction of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the film.
Reacting to the criticism that she had maligned leaders of the Congress in her recently released film Parasakthi, director Sudha Kongara opened up on how she had shown Congress leaders to be extremely positive leaders. She also highlighted that her film showed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as one of the greatest leaders ever.
Responding to the controversy, Sudha Kongara told IANS, "Not at all. Can there be a greater leader than Nehru who comes and says, 'I want to allay your fears, I want to tell you, do not fear. Till my brothers from the south (the non-Hindi speaking states) say 'yes', Hindi will not become the sole official language.' He promises. The protagonist actually tells one Hindi-speaking person, the loco pilot, saying that Panditji had promised us in the Parliament and he's not going to go back on his words and that's exactly how they lived and how he was such a great leader. People believed him."
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