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Officials of the Income Tax Department found Rs 65 crore during raids on a powerful financier in the Tamil film industry, say sources as they also questioned actor Vijay yesterday. Income Tax officials searched the properties of AGS Cinemas and film financier Anbu Cheliyan in Madurai and questioned Vijay in connection with an alleged tax evasion ca...

Tamil blockbuster "Mersal" will release in Telugu without any cuts at the insistence of the censor board, said the body's top boss, Prasoon Joshi, today.

Tamil superhit "Mersal" has extended its star turn in a controversy over censorship. The Madras High Court today rejected a petition to ban the film, stating, "It is only a film and not real life. Freedom of expression is for all."

A section of law students in Coimbatore offered Rs one crore to the producers of the film 'Mersal' and actor Vijay, if they proved that Singapore is providing free medical care.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today slammed the BJP for its criticism of the Vijay- starrer Tamil movie "Mersal", saying no one has the right to object to a film once it was cleared by the censor board.

Tamil actor Vishal said today that it's no coincidence that tax officials visited his office in Chennai after he confronted the BJP for its opposition to the movie Mersal; the party has sought the removal of references critical of the new national sales tax or GST from the super-hit which has earned more than Rs 150 crore since it was releas...

When the Modi-Shah duo label all critics as being against national interest, then state BJP office bearers have a responsibility to follow their leaders. The film-makers and the main actor, Vijay, have been abused, demeaned and a demand has been made by the BJP that the scene should be cut.

Income Tax officials landed at the office of top Tamil actor Vishal on Monday, a day after he slammed the BJP's national secretary H Raja for watching a pirated version of new Tamil film Mersal online. Sources in the Income Tax department said they visited the office of Vishal's film production company for clarification on 50 lakhs deducted ...

H Raja, a national secretary of the BJP and Tamil Nadu leader, has drawn flak for posting on Twitter a photo of actor Vijay's voter ID card and official letterhead, his purpose to stress that the popular star is a Christian and his full name is C Vijay Joseph

Five days after its release, Tamil film Mersal starring Vijay is a bona fide hit with ticket sales crossing 150 crores worldwide, according to its producers. Mersal which means "stunning", initiated a political controversy after the BJP demanded the deletion of a scene which denounces the new national sales tax or GST.

The controversy over Vijay-starrer "Mersal" continued today, with actor Vishal taking exception to senior BJP leader H Raja's reported remarks that he had watched the movie online. Referring to Raja's remarks, reported in a section of the media, Vishal, head of the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and general secretary of the South Indian Artist...

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has hit back at BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao over his remarks that most Indian film stars have "very low IQ and very low general knowledge".

The Congress top leadership waded into the controversy surrounding the Tamil Diwali hit film "Mersal" over some of its dialogues on GST, or Goods and Services Tax. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Tamil Nadu BJP's demand for cuts in the Vijay-starrer "Mersal", asking him not to "demon-...

The controversy over a politically-loaded dialogue in Tamil superstar Vijay's new film, Mersal, on GST, or Goods and Services Tax, hasn't worried the actor's fans who say it would help establish Vijay as a real-life hero who takes up problems facing people. While Vijay hasn't yet reacted on the Tamil Nadu BJP's demand for cuts in the movie, another...

The BJP in Tamil Nadu has demanded cuts in the week's big Diwali release 'Mersal,' alleging that some dialogues portray "untruths" about new national tax GST or Goods and Services Tax and the centre's Digital India campaign. Team Mersal has said the film has been approved by the Censor Board of Film Certification and the "matter ends there".

Officials of the Income Tax Department found Rs 65 crore during raids on a powerful financier in the Tamil film industry, say sources as they also questioned actor Vijay yesterday. Income Tax officials searched the properties of AGS Cinemas and film financier Anbu Cheliyan in Madurai and questioned Vijay in connection with an alleged tax evasion ca...

Tamil blockbuster "Mersal" will release in Telugu without any cuts at the insistence of the censor board, said the body's top boss, Prasoon Joshi, today.

Tamil superhit "Mersal" has extended its star turn in a controversy over censorship. The Madras High Court today rejected a petition to ban the film, stating, "It is only a film and not real life. Freedom of expression is for all."

A section of law students in Coimbatore offered Rs one crore to the producers of the film 'Mersal' and actor Vijay, if they proved that Singapore is providing free medical care.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today slammed the BJP for its criticism of the Vijay- starrer Tamil movie "Mersal", saying no one has the right to object to a film once it was cleared by the censor board.

Tamil actor Vishal said today that it's no coincidence that tax officials visited his office in Chennai after he confronted the BJP for its opposition to the movie Mersal; the party has sought the removal of references critical of the new national sales tax or GST from the super-hit which has earned more than Rs 150 crore since it was releas...

When the Modi-Shah duo label all critics as being against national interest, then state BJP office bearers have a responsibility to follow their leaders. The film-makers and the main actor, Vijay, have been abused, demeaned and a demand has been made by the BJP that the scene should be cut.

Income Tax officials landed at the office of top Tamil actor Vishal on Monday, a day after he slammed the BJP's national secretary H Raja for watching a pirated version of new Tamil film Mersal online. Sources in the Income Tax department said they visited the office of Vishal's film production company for clarification on 50 lakhs deducted ...

H Raja, a national secretary of the BJP and Tamil Nadu leader, has drawn flak for posting on Twitter a photo of actor Vijay's voter ID card and official letterhead, his purpose to stress that the popular star is a Christian and his full name is C Vijay Joseph

Five days after its release, Tamil film Mersal starring Vijay is a bona fide hit with ticket sales crossing 150 crores worldwide, according to its producers. Mersal which means "stunning", initiated a political controversy after the BJP demanded the deletion of a scene which denounces the new national sales tax or GST.

The controversy over Vijay-starrer "Mersal" continued today, with actor Vishal taking exception to senior BJP leader H Raja's reported remarks that he had watched the movie online. Referring to Raja's remarks, reported in a section of the media, Vishal, head of the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and general secretary of the South Indian Artist...

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has hit back at BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao over his remarks that most Indian film stars have "very low IQ and very low general knowledge".

The Congress top leadership waded into the controversy surrounding the Tamil Diwali hit film "Mersal" over some of its dialogues on GST, or Goods and Services Tax. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Tamil Nadu BJP's demand for cuts in the Vijay-starrer "Mersal", asking him not to "demon-...

The controversy over a politically-loaded dialogue in Tamil superstar Vijay's new film, Mersal, on GST, or Goods and Services Tax, hasn't worried the actor's fans who say it would help establish Vijay as a real-life hero who takes up problems facing people. While Vijay hasn't yet reacted on the Tamil Nadu BJP's demand for cuts in the movie, another...

The BJP in Tamil Nadu has demanded cuts in the week's big Diwali release 'Mersal,' alleging that some dialogues portray "untruths" about new national tax GST or Goods and Services Tax and the centre's Digital India campaign. Team Mersal has said the film has been approved by the Censor Board of Film Certification and the "matter ends there".