Paruthiveeran row: Sasikumar slams Gnanavelraja's clarification statement

After producer KE Gnanavelraja issued a clarification on the ongoing Paruthiveeran row, director Sasikumar released a statement calling out his words as fake and asked him to whom the letter is addressed.

In a detailed statement that he put out on X, Sasikumar said, "What are the false allegations that Ameer made on Gnanavelraja? He says, 'If my words had hurt anyone...' If that is the case, what are those words?"

"After planning and insulting someone, what does it mean to feel sad about their own words? By saying these words, what does Gnanavelraja intend to convey to Ameer?" He further wrote asking the producer to whom the letter is addressed.

A day earlier, Gnanavelraja took to his official X handle to pen a note on the ongoing Paruthiveeran controversy. "The Paruthiveeran case has been going on for 17 years now. I have not spoken about it until very recently. I always refer to the director as 'Ameer Anna'. I have been very close with his family members from the very beginning." 

Further, clarifying the remarks he made on the director, he continued, "The false allegations he placed on me in his recent interviews, were very hurting to me. If the words I used to reply to him, hurt him in any way, then I regret it deeply. I have immense respect for the Cinema field which is my bread and butter, and the people who work in it." 

For the unversed, the Paruthiveeran controversy revolves around Ameer and his faction alleging that Studio Green's Gnanavelraja refused to fund money for the film, midway, and that he put in the money to complete the film. However, Gnanavelraja is credited as the producer. So, Ameer has filed a case against the producer seeking proper compensation and rights for the film. This case has been going on in court for more than a decade now. 

It came back to the limelight after Ameer was not invited to the audio launch of Karthi's 25th film Japan. Further, Gnanavelraja also remarked controversially against the filmmaker, which resulted in people like Samuthirakani, Sasikumar and Sudha Kongara coming in support of the director.