Dulquer
Salmaan,
the
actor-producer
has
been
making
headlines
due
to
the
controversies
regarding
his
production
debut
Varane
Avashyamund,
these
days.
Recently,
the
actor
offered
an
apology
to
the
Tamil
people,
through
his
official
social
media
pages.
Dulquer
Salmaan
took
the
step
after
he
was
mercilessly
trolled
by
a
group
of
netizens
for
using
the
name
'Prabhakaran'
for
a
dog's
character.
Yes,
you
read
it
right.
There
is
a
scene
in
Varane
Avashyamund,
that
features
Suresh
Gopi,
child
actor
Sarvajith
Santhosh
Sivan,
and
a
dog.
In
that
particular
scene,
Suresh
Gopi's
character
Major
Unnikrishnan
finally
finds
a
permanent
name
for
his
dog
and
calls
him
'Prabhakara',
to
which
he
happily
responds.
However,
this
scene
has
irked
a
group
of
Tamil
audiences
who
felt
that
this
scene
insults
the
LTTE
leader,
Velupillai
Prabhakaran.
Dulquer
Salmaan,
who
is
visibly
hurt
with
the
attack,
apologised
to
the
Tamil
people
through
an
emotional
post.
"A
lot
of
people
have
brought
to
my
notice
that
the
Prabhakaran
joke
in
Varane
Avashyamund
is
insulting
to
the
Tamizh
people.
It
was
not
intentional.
The
joke
is
a
reference
to
an
older
Malayalam
film
Pattana
Pravesham
and
is
a
common
Meme
in
Kerala.
It
is
a
common
name
in
Kerala
as
well
so
it
wasn't
directed
at
any
person
living
or
dead
as
our
disclaimer
mentions
in
the
beginning
of
the
film.
Most
people
reacting
are
doing
so
without
watching
the
film
and
are
trying
to
spread
hate.
Hating
on
me
and
my
director
Anoop
we
can
accept.
Kindly
keep
it
to
us
and
not
our
fathers
or
senior
actors
from
the
film.
I
apologise
to
all
of
the
good
and
kind
tamizh
people
who
felt
offended.
I
have
never
intended
to
offend
anyone
through
my
films
or
my
words.
It's
genuinely
a
misunderstanding.",
wrote
the
actor-producer.
"Some
of
you
are
being
extremely
abusive,
threatening,
deliberately
hurtful,
and
insulting
family
along
with
us.
I
wish
that
weren't
so.",
added
Dulquer
Salmaan.