Chennai: The BJP and political outfits in Tamil Nadu have warned the actor against accepting the offer from leading Kannada producer Ashok Kheny to play the lead role.
The BJP calls the 18th century ruler anti-Tamil. Rajinikanth is yet to decide on the project, but the director has strongly defended the move.
During an exclusive interaction with CNN IBN, producer Ashok Kheny was asked if he had approached superstar Rajnikanth for a film on Tipu Sultan.
“I talked to Rajinikanth before he fell sick. So we discussed various issues including which films to do. And one of the subjects that we looked at was Shivaji, and various other films. And then realized that all the films that we talked about were historical and had a conflict between Hindus and Muslims. It was either Muslim king fighting against Hindu king or Hindu king fighting against Muslim king. Then we came across Tipu and we realized that he was the only king with whom Hindus and Muslim supported to fight a foreign king. Then we thought what an idea to make a film on Tipu and no better to star other than Rajinikanth," he said.
BJP national secretary H Raja too raised concerns about Rajinikanth’s Tipu Sultan film. “Tipu Sultan was a tyrant, a murderer... So if someone is making a film showing Tipu as a hero then it is distortion of history," he said.
When CNN-IBN spoke to Rajiniknth’s publicist he said the star is completely immersed in shooting his upcoming film 'Kabali' and he has had no chance to look at the script because the filmmaker is yet to write the script.
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