Master: Thalapathy Vijay films that made headlines for the wrong reasons

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Actor Vijay, who is called Thalapathy by his ardent fans is hailed as one of the biggest stars in the South Indian cinema and has a huge fan following. But with fame, come controversies and Vijay has been facing a lot of them in the past few years. He has made headlines for his controversial speeches as well as some dialogues in his films in the past.

Talking about all the controversies in his movies, Vijay had delivered a powerful statement during the audio launch of Sarkar. It became viral as the actor usually keeps it subtle when it comes to speaking in public. He stated that he has never been scared of any controversies that people create for his movies.

From Thalaivaa to Master, here’s looking at 5 times when the actor made headlines for the wrong reasons.

Thalaivaa 

The gangster drama Thalaivaa was directed by AL Vijay and featured Vijay and Amala Paul in lead roles. The title of the film with the subtitle ‘Time To Lead’ had become a huge topic of discussion as many claimed that the story of the film was politically provocative.

Puli

Puli was a fantasy-adventure film that was produced by Shibu Thammeens in association with PT Selva Kumar, who is the manager of actor Vijay. Income Tax officials had raided Vijay and the producers’ properties just a day before the release of the film and continued the inquiry till the release day.

Mersal

Directed by Atlee, Mersal had Vijay playing triple roles. The film had Nithya Menen, Kajal Aggarwal and Samantha Akkineni as female leads. The story of the film, which spoke about the medical scam happening in the country, had raised