Rajinikanth to Shankar: Five times when stars embroiled in controversy

Cinema stars are the ones who easily attract public attention and are always under the media scanner. With this fact, celebs and their actions are closely watched by fans and media. There are also times when celebs land in controversy and make headlines for days and months. Take a look at five such instances when cinema stars or their family members landed in controversy.

Rajinikanth to be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award on October 25 in Delhi
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Superstar Rajinikanth Rajinikanth made controversy for speaking at a rally back in 1971 in Salem. The actor alleged that EV Ra Periyar was present at the rally, which featured obscene pictures of Ram and Sita. Ramasamy was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam party, of which the DMK was a branch. This comment of Rajinikanth stirred up the emotions of Periyar supporters, and he started receiving hate comments.

T Rajendar and Usha Rajendar blame the producer council for pushing Silambarasan's film release

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Vijay Sethupathi is fondly called Makkal Selvan by fans, and he is one of the kindest actors in Tamil cinema. Vijay Sethupathi treats his fans like friends and shares pictures with them. Once Vijay Sethupathi celebrated his birthday by cutting the cake with a weapon, and it turned into a debate as it could turn into wrong examples. Later, Vijay Sethupathi had explained and promised to be more careful in the future.

Bigg Boss Tamil runner-up Balaji Murugadoss to make his debut as a hero

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Arya recently made headlines, apparently for not the right reasons. A German woman filed a defamation case against the actor, accusing him of cheating Rs 70 lakh and promising to marry her. Later, Arya appeared before the police, and it came to light that it was not Arya, and it was fraudulent, who misused Arya's name and cheated the woman.

Leaked picture! Vijay caught in a blood-stained shirt on the sets of 'Beast'

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Actor Vimal is known for his films 'Kalavani', 'Kalakalappu', 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa', and others. Vimal was residing at a service apartment in Chennai a few years back with his friends. One day, a mate ignored giving a seat to Vimal and continued to speak over the phone for a long time. Vimal got frustrated and attacked him. A case was filed by Vimal then, and he cleared the case later.

Director Shankar's son-in-law Rohit prosecuted under the POCSO Act

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Director Shankar has two daughters, the younger one Aditi Shankar is making her acting debut with 'Viruman' opposite Karthi, while the eldest one got married to a cricketer Rohit a few months ago. Now, Rohit's name was included in the sexual harassment case filed by a 16-year-old girl against the cricket coach. Rohit is also one of the cricket club members, who refused to take action against the coach, and his name is included only because of it.

Yogi Babu's 'Mandela' makes it to the shortlist of films for India's entry to the Academy Awards

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