<p>Chennai: Unfazed by threat from Kannada organisations that they won’t allow the release of his latest flick <em>Thug Life</em>, Tamil film icon Kamal Haasan on Friday refused to apologise for his comments 'Kannada was born out of Tamil', saying he always believed in law and justice. </p><p>Kamal Haasan, who will enter Rajya Sabha this July with support from DMK MLAs, said he made the comments out of his love for Kannada. He had earlier this week said that Tamil was the mother to Kannada while welcoming Sandalwood superstar Shiva Rajkumar as his “own brother” at an event to promote <em>Thug Life</em> directed by ace filmmaker Maniratnam. </p><p>As his comments created a controversy in Karnataka, several Kannada groups condemned his statement and demanded an apology from Kamal Haasan. </p><p>“This is a democratic country. I believe in law and justice. I believe love will always triumph. My love for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala is true. Nobody will suspect it except those who have an agenda. I have been threatened before. If I am wrong, I will apologise. If I am not, then I won’t,” he told reporters. </p>.Seeman defends Kamal Haasan: “He spoke the truth, People are ignorant of their history”.<p>Kamal Haasan was responding to questions outside Anna Arivalayam, DMK headquarters, where he had come to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to thank him for allotting a Rajya Sabha seat. “I have joined the DMK alliance for the nation's good,” he said when asked about his comments against the ruling party when he launched Makkal Needhi Maiam in 2018. </p><p>Though Kamal Haasan’s statement triggered a row in Karnataka, his remarks found resonance in Tamil Nadu with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thol Thirumavalavan and Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) saying that several scholars have accepted that Tamil was the mother to all Dravidian languages such as Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu. </p><p>“There is nothing wrong in what Kamal Haasan said. He simply stated the fact which has been endorsed by many experts in the past. It may be difficult for people who speak Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu to accept that Tamil is the mother to their languages. It is always difficult to accept the truth,” Thirumavalavan said. </p>
<p>Chennai: Unfazed by threat from Kannada organisations that they won’t allow the release of his latest flick <em>Thug Life</em>, Tamil film icon Kamal Haasan on Friday refused to apologise for his comments 'Kannada was born out of Tamil', saying he always believed in law and justice. </p><p>Kamal Haasan, who will enter Rajya Sabha this July with support from DMK MLAs, said he made the comments out of his love for Kannada. He had earlier this week said that Tamil was the mother to Kannada while welcoming Sandalwood superstar Shiva Rajkumar as his “own brother” at an event to promote <em>Thug Life</em> directed by ace filmmaker Maniratnam. </p><p>As his comments created a controversy in Karnataka, several Kannada groups condemned his statement and demanded an apology from Kamal Haasan. </p><p>“This is a democratic country. I believe in law and justice. I believe love will always triumph. My love for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala is true. Nobody will suspect it except those who have an agenda. I have been threatened before. If I am wrong, I will apologise. If I am not, then I won’t,” he told reporters. </p>.Seeman defends Kamal Haasan: “He spoke the truth, People are ignorant of their history”.<p>Kamal Haasan was responding to questions outside Anna Arivalayam, DMK headquarters, where he had come to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to thank him for allotting a Rajya Sabha seat. “I have joined the DMK alliance for the nation's good,” he said when asked about his comments against the ruling party when he launched Makkal Needhi Maiam in 2018. </p><p>Though Kamal Haasan’s statement triggered a row in Karnataka, his remarks found resonance in Tamil Nadu with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thol Thirumavalavan and Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) saying that several scholars have accepted that Tamil was the mother to all Dravidian languages such as Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu. </p><p>“There is nothing wrong in what Kamal Haasan said. He simply stated the fact which has been endorsed by many experts in the past. It may be difficult for people who speak Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu to accept that Tamil is the mother to their languages. It is always difficult to accept the truth,” Thirumavalavan said. </p>