Director faces religious association’s wrath

Sunnath Jamath National Association has taken offense to a tagline written on the newspaper advertisements of Lawrence’s Rajadhi Raja. The association members said that the ad hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims as Lawrence and a picture of Mecca Madina was placed side by side with the verse “Nabigalna Mecca Rajanna Pucca.”

According to a press release from the association, using the name of Mohammad Prophet, who is not associated with filmdom or films in any way, has hurt the religious sentiments of many Muslims. The association has demanded an apology from the film’s producer Shakthi Chidambaram. In the press note, the association said that it would start agitations in Tamil Nadu if the producer did not apologize through newspapers.