Prakash’s ‘Jai Bhim’ scene triggers debate

A slapping scene featuring actor Prakash Raj in the new Tamil film Jai Bhim has triggered a debate on social media. A scene in the film shows Raj slapping a Hindi-speaking pawn broker, while admonishing him him to speak in Tamil instead.

The sequence has not gone down well with a section of the audience, who took to Twitter to express their displeasure. “I am really heartbroken after watching #JaiBhim, nothing against actor or anyone but felt really bad, there is a scene in the film where a person speaks Hindi and Prakash Raj slaps him and tells him to speak in Tamil. Honestly this kind of scene was not needed. Hope they cut it,” wrote a Twitter user.

“We wait for Tamil films. We support them, we request the makers to release it Pan India, in return we don’t want anything but just love. If not love then at least not humiliation,” another added.

The film Jai Bhim is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. —ANI