On Sunday, a war of words broke out on Twitter between Silambarasan fans and Udhayanidhi Stalin over the release of Vaalu. It began with a series of tweets from Hariharan Gajendran, a well known Simbu fan on Twitter, who alleged that Udhayanidhi Stalin was using his political clout to book theatres for Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga, which is releasing on August 14: the same day as Vaalu.
It was the same pro genocide DMK ‘s Grandson @Udhaystalin who his now using is political clout to ban Vaalu. pic.twitter.com/foIfRCGxly
— Hariharan Gajendran (@hariharannaidu) August 9, 2015
Spoke with few theatre owners & they said that DMK people who are distributors are threatening them to give away all the main screens.
— Hariharan Gajendran (@hariharannaidu) August 9, 2015
Soon, STR fans started to trend tweets with the hashtag ‘#CowardUdhayStalin’ and began abusing the producer/actor over the issue. Udhayanidhi responded by blocking a few of these users, and replied to the allegations.
V funny ! Why should I and how can I stop the release of Vaalu? Any logic? Friends.. Pls think before jumping to conclusions! — Udhay (@Udhaystalin) August 9, 2015
Full comedy show from morning!! try2make some #sense next time! #nonsense nd thx for all the friends who made me trend today for no reason?? — Udhay (@Udhaystalin) August 9, 2015
It must be noted that Udhayanidhi Stalin is not associated with Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga. The film is produced by Arya’s production company, The Show People.
Also, Hariharan Gajendran tweeted that another case has been filed against Vaalu with the backing of Udhayanidhi. But the film’s director Vijay Chandar has refuted the claim. He retweeted this tweet from an STR fan:
Jus had conversation wit @vijayfilmaker he said till nw no case is filed against #Vaalu. @tamilanincinemapic.twitter.com/7GGYxuxDXf
— ISupportSTR (@iam_ChrisRs) August 9, 2015
The man in the middle of the storm, Silambarasan, finally appealed to his fans to calm down and wait for the release of the film.
Request fans to calm down … Every thing will be solved by gods grace and if there is anything i will open up ..So stay calm #Vaaluontheway
— STR (@iam_str) August 9, 2015
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