Along with Bharathiraja, Chief of Naam Tamilar Katchi Seeman, and director Cheran had also demanded Vijay Sethupathi to drop the movie.

The teaser of Irandam Kuthu was released on October 7 and following the release, Bharathiraja has penned a scathing letter by taking a jibe against the movie team

SPB's son SPB Charan said that his father has been on the ventilator. He is getting monitored by the team of doctors of the MGM Healthcare hospital in Chennai.

It must be recalled that in November 2019, the management of the Prasad studios had asked the musician to vacate the studio.

Several national award winners of the Tamil Cinema Industry have written to Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javedekar to confer Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Bharathiraja.

Bharathiraja has lost his eye and the Tamil Cinema industry has, undoubtedly, lost the vision and iconic artist, whose work must be preserved.

The subtle nuances left by them in all their films make us love and analyze their partnership even today.