Filmmaker
Ameer
Sultan,
who
is
spearheading
the
Tamil
film
industry
in
support
of
the
protest
against
alleged
atrocities
on
Sri
Lankan
Tamils,
has
said
that
they
won't
back
down.
He
has
also
said
that
they
will
break
all
ties
with
Sri
Lanka
if
no
favourable
solution
is
reached.
Members
of
Tamil
film
industry
observed
a
day-long
fast
in
Chennai
on
Tuesday
in
support
of
the
protests
against
alleged
atrocities
on
Sri
Lankan
Tamils.
"Just
because
we
have
peacefully
ended
our
fast,
doesn't
mean
it's
over
yet.
If
the
union
government
does
not
take
a
favourable
decision
in
this
issue,
then
we
don't
mind
breaking
all
ties
with
Sri
Lanka.
We
will
ensure
no
Tamil
films
are
screened
there
going
forward," Sultan,
president
of
Film
Employees'
Federation
of
South
India
(FEFSI),
told
IANS.
"We
are
awaiting
a
positive
outcome
from
the
United
Nations
human
rights
body
meet
later
this
month," he
added.
On
Tuesday,
the
industry's
prominent
names
like
Gautham
Menon,
SJ
Suryah,
Aslam,
Shankar,
KV
Anand,
Vijay,
Linguswamy,
Prabhu
Solomon,
Balaji
Sakthivel,
Kinslin
and
actors
Jayam
Ravi,
Srikanth,
Karunas,
Rajkiran,
Suhasini,
Manobala
and
Ponvannan,
participated
in
the
hunger
strike.