The Rajinikanth-Periyar Controversy: All You Need To Know

Days after a Dravidian outfit demanded Rajinikanth to apologise for his comments on a rally led by Dravidian icon Periyar decades ago, the Tamil superstar today said he will neither express regret nor apologise for his speech made at Thuglak magazine’s 50th-anniversary event on January 14. The Dravidian outfit had claimed that the actor had defamed Periyar when he reminded people that the latter had disrespected Lord Ram and Sita. Here’s all you need to know about this controversy.