(Eds: Updating with Haasans reaction)Chennai, Jul 12 (PTI) A Hindu outfit today filed a police complaint seeking a ban on telecast of a reality show "Bigg Boss" on a Tamil TV channel hosted by actor Kamal Haasan, alleging that it denigrated Tamilian culture. Reacting to the complaint, Haasan said, "I have faith in law... if they want to arrest me, let it happen, law and justice will protect me." They (participants in the show) were taught to properly recite it, several of them do not know to properly speak in Tamil." Citing an example, he asked how teaching someone to properly recite the national anthem, which is in Bengali language, could amount to mocking it. The outfit has alleged that the "cnvocation to Tamil Mother (Tamil Thaai Vazhthu)" was ridiculed on the show which offended seven crore Tamil people.

Source: India Today July 12, 2017 17:15 UTC