Kamal Haasan restrained from making remarks against Kannada by Bengaluru court

The court also ordered issuance of a summons to Kamal Hassan and posted the case to August 30 for further hearing.

A court here on Friday passed an ex-parte interim injunction order restraining actor Kamal Haasan from making any remarks against Kannada language.

It restrains him from posting, making, writing, publishing any statement or remarks claiming linguistic superiority over Kannada language or making any statements against the Kannada language, literature, land and culture.

An Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge here passed the order after hearing a suit filed by Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) through its president Mahesh Joshi. It sought an injunction against Hassan from making any defamatory statements against the Kannada language and culture.

The court also ordered issuance of a summons to Kamal Hassan and posted the case to August 30 for further hearing.

After declaring that "Kannada was born out of Tamil" at the Thug Life music launch in Bengaluru, Kamal Haasan sparked controversy in Karnataka. Pro-Kannada organisations and cultural bodies strongly reacted negatively to the statement. The movie was not allowed to be released in Karnataka because Haasan refused to retract his remarks in the face of increasing pressure.

The decision was made too late, even though the filmmakers ultimately prevailed in a legal battle to guarantee the film's release. In the end, Thug Life was never released in theatres in Karnataka and also had trouble at the box office elsewhere.

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Directed by Mani Ratnam, Thug Life also starred Trisha Krishnan, Tanikella Bharani, Ali Fazal, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, Nassar, Ashok Selvan, Abhirami, Silambarasan.

This film also marked the much -awaited reunion of Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan.