800 Biopic

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic 800' is set to be released on October 6.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic 800' is set to be released on October 6.

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi's daughter received a rape threat on social media today, as controversy over her father's initial acceptance of a starring role in "800" - a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan - refuses to die down

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi has withdrawn from "800", a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, following widespread criticism in the southern state over his portraying a man who "played fiddle when Lankan Tamils were dying"

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Muthiah Muralidaran -- who is at the centre of a massive controversy involving his upcoming biopic "800" -- has rubbished allegations that he celebrated the deaths of innocent Tamil people and made a controversial remark about it in 2009, when the decades-long civil war in the island nation ended.

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi is facing opposition over him signing up to play the lead role in the Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan biopic ''800'' with some political parties alleging that the sports star was a betrayer of the Tamil community.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic 800' is set to be released on October 6.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic 800' is set to be released on October 6.

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi's daughter received a rape threat on social media today, as controversy over her father's initial acceptance of a starring role in "800" - a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan - refuses to die down

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi has withdrawn from "800", a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, following widespread criticism in the southern state over his portraying a man who "played fiddle when Lankan Tamils were dying"

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Muthiah Muralidaran -- who is at the centre of a massive controversy involving his upcoming biopic "800" -- has rubbished allegations that he celebrated the deaths of innocent Tamil people and made a controversial remark about it in 2009, when the decades-long civil war in the island nation ended.

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi is facing opposition over him signing up to play the lead role in the Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan biopic ''800'' with some political parties alleging that the sports star was a betrayer of the Tamil community.