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800 Movie: Vijay Sethupathi Walks Out Of Muttiah Muralitharan’s Biopic
A week after the big announcement of his inclusion in Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic titled 800, Vijay Sethupathi has decided to walk out of the project. The actor has apparently opted out of the film at the request of the cricketer.
In a statement released, Muralitharan has said that doing the film would only harm Vijay's film career and therefore he has requested the actor to quit the project. He also added that a new actor will be roped in for the role and the film will be released soon for his fans, followers, and the general audience as promised earlier by the makers.
Well, Vijay Sethupathi also tweeted Muttiah Muralitharan's statement and wrote, "Thank you, Vankkam"
நன்றி.. வணக்கம் 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/PMCPBDEgAC
— VijaySethupathi (@VijaySethuOffl) October 19, 2020
For the uninitiated, a lot of people were not impressed with the idea of Vijay Sethupathi essaying the role of the neighbouring country's cricketer as they stated that the Sri Lankan government was responsible for oppressing and killing thousands of Tamilians in the past. Many netizens were also seen trending #ShameOnVijaySethupathi on Twitter as they expressed their disapproval with the actor essaying Muralitharan in the film.
On
a
related
note,
Vijay
Sethupathi
recently
surprised
his
fans
and
followers
with
his
first
look
poster
from
the
film.
The
actor
looked
unrecognisable
as
Muralitharan
in
the
poster
and
also
received
immense
love
from
another
section
of
netizens.
Directed
by
MS
Sripathy
and
backed
by
Movie
Train
Motion
Pictures
in
association
with
Dar
Motion
Pictures,
800
was
announced
in
July
2020.
Interestingly,
the
makers
are
planning
to
release
the
film
by
the
end
of
2020.
