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“Murali is Not a Match for Thileepan” — says Bharathiraja Thileepan during his fast unto death n September 1987 Source:Thuppahis Item in The NEWS, December 2020: “Bharathiraja asks Vijay Sethupathi to avoid Muralitharan biopic, [and] calls the latter a traitor ……. “Do you want your face to be forever associated with a racist person and be looked at with hatred by people?” he has asked Vijay Sethupathi in his letter. Pirapaharan visits Thileepan Murali after capturing his 800th Test wicket  ...

Dec 26, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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My eight hundred cents on the Murali saga, Vijay Sethupathi and cancel culture – by Shehan Karunatilaka Source:Timesofindia This began as an open letter to Vijay Sethupathi, a man I have never met, but have recently become a fan of. But now Sethupathi is not doing our movie at the request of Muttiah Muralidaran, another man whom I have never met. I was going to tell Vijay the reasons why I agreed to write a film about Murali and why, as an artist, he should be excited to play the role. But now he has pulled out. Too late. He has been dismissed from the crease not by the umpire’s finger, but by the boos of the crowd. ...

Nov 1, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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Murali to hit India’s film market with look-alike star Muttiah Muralidaran-Vijay Sethupathi Source:Sundayobserver A film on retired Sri Lanka cricketer Muttiah Muralidaran is to be made in India with popular Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi playing the role of the legendary bowler who took 800 Test wickets and called it quits in 2012. Muralidaran is presently in India as part of the coaching team for the Sun Risers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League tournament. The film is set to showcase Muralidaran’s entire cricketing career from his school days at St. Anthony’s College in Kandy upto the time he retired after taking the wicket of Indian batsman Ishant Sharma in a Test match in Galle in 2012. ...

Oct 28, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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Vijay Sethupathi to play legendary Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in biopic ‘800’-By PTI Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (L) and actor Vijay Sethupathi (R) ‘I trust Vijay completely as he is one of the greatest actors and I have complete faith that hell definitely do wonders for the film,’ legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan added. CHENNAI: Popular Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi will enact the role of legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in the upcoming biopic ‘800’. The motion poster release of the film would be launched on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 Tamil with Muralitharan and Sethupathi on October 13 from 6 pm ahead of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, a press release here said. ...

Oct 13, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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