PIL in SC calls for safe release of Thug Life
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|June 05, 2025
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking urgent intervention against what the petitioner calls a "breakdown of constitutional machinery" in Karnataka, where authorities have allegedly failed to protect theatres and citizens from threats by fringe groups opposing the release of actor Kamal Haasan's upcoming Tamil film 'Thug Life'.
Advocate Athenam Velan, who filed the PIL, taking to social media, said: "I, along with my team members Navpreet Kaur, Nilay Rai, and Prince Singh, have filed this PIL to highlight Karnataka's failure to ensure the safe release of Kamal Haasan's 'Thug Life'. The state has allowed fringe groups to openly threaten theatres a
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