#ShameOnVijaySethupathi Trends As Netizens Upset With The Tamil star For Playing Sri Lankan Cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan In 800!

The film is a biopic of Muttiah Muralitharan and Sethupati essays the central role of the legendary Sri Lanka spinner.

Tamil star Vijay Sethupati is facing wrath on social media ever since the motion poster of his upcoming movie '800' was launched. Moments after the motion poster of the film was unveiled, ‘Shame on Vijay Sethupathi’ trend caught on in a big way on Twitter. Netizens were displeased with Vijay Sethupathi for backing a film on Muralitharan, who has had a controversial stand over the decades-long civil war between the Sri Lanka government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), that sought a separate state for the Tamils in the Sinhalese-majority country. The film is a biopic of Muttiah Muralitharan and Sethupati essays the central role of the legendary Sri Lanka spinner. Fans are upset that the actor took up the role of the Tamil-origin cricketer who never spoke out against the alleged atrocities that the Sri Lankan government is said to have inflicted on the country's Tamil population in the past.

Honoured to be a part of this landmark project. Update soon #MuthiahMuralidaran @MovieTrainMP #MuralidaranBiopic #MSSripathy #Vivekrangachari @proyuvraaj pic.twitter.com/lUbJwyiDsy

— VijaySethupathi (@VijaySethuOffl) October 8, 2020

Netizens used the hashtag #ShameOnVijaySethupati to convey their anger and disappointment. Check out some of the fans' reaction below:

#ShameOnVijaySethupathi We are fighting to remove this film from my land.. We know the pain of our people's died on genocide.. How he will act as a hero as who supports the genocide.. @VijaySethuOffl @actorvijay #Master #boycott800 pic.twitter.com/I2yOm4Plku

— Sivakumar S (@Syndshiva) October 14, 2020

#ShameOnVijaySethupathi Muthiah Muralitharan is a very admirable and lovable man - VijaySethupathi The Sinhala Government has massacred two lakh Tamils ​​in Eelam. There is no other proof than this that #VijaySethupathi can not feel this pain! @VijaySethuOffl @RajapaksaNamal pic.twitter.com/ghpiV3FiOu

— Jaswinder Swain (@Jaswinderkhatri) October 13, 2020

#ShameOnVijaySethupathi Murali is a tamilan but he represent srilanka & Srilankan. We have lot of cricketing legends in our country then why making srilankan player biopic. pic.twitter.com/PwFzuYL6V3

— Vicky ᴹᴵ✨ (@Vichu13579) October 14, 2020

This will be your last film bro ... You have showed how thankfull u r to Tamils ..@VijaySethuOffl #ShameOnVijaySethupathi pic.twitter.com/d6Fhzrxyos

— Batlieboy (@BatlieBoy) October 14, 2020

#ShameOnVijaySethupathi for becoming the first thamizh actor to hold #SriLanka 's flag. -#Tamils_Boycott_VijaySethupathi pic.twitter.com/xhZr9iv5BC

— 𝙼 𝙹 𝚁𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚣𝚞𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚗 (@riyazur4an9) October 13, 2020

The flag that kills thousands of Tamils, give death threats, treat the minorities as second class...what an audacity that @VijaySethuOffl is proud to bear that blood stain flag on his chest. You are a sell out.#ShameOnVijaySethupathi #BoycottVijaysethupathi pic.twitter.com/tlGIGxPJqQ

— கடாரம் வென்ற சோழன் (@TorontoPodiyan) October 13, 2020

"Always admired Vijay Sethupathi as an actor. But now he shattered respect I had on him now by making this traitor's life history who openly supported modern day dictator Rajapaksa. Murali himself said 2009 was his happiest year of his life #ShameOnVijaySethupati (sic)," wrote one user on Twitter.

Muthiah Muralitharan is a very admirable and lovable man - VijaySethupathi The Sinhala Government has massacred two lakh Tamils ​​in Eelam. There is no other proof than this that #VijaySethupathi can not feel this pain!#ShameOnVijaySethupathi#Tamils_Boycott_VijaySethupathi pic.twitter.com/z5ZmehORq0

— Suthan Colachel 🐅 (@SuthanNayagam) October 14, 2020

"The Sinhala government has massacred two lakh Tamils in Eelam. There is no other proof than this that #VijaySethupathi cannot feel this pain! #ShameOnVijaySethupathi #Tamils_Boycott_VijaySeth"pathi," wrote another user. "I strongly condemn #VijaySethupathi for accepting this movie," tweeted another user. "Can a biopic of #Afridi can be made in India and get support from Indians? #ShameOnVijay"ethupathi," shared another. "#ShameOnVijaySethupathi...Murali is a Tamilian but he represents Sri Lanka & Sri Lankans. We have lot of cricketing legends in our country then why making Sri Lankan player biopic (sic)," reacted a user. '800' is touted to be a moving portrayal of Muralitharan -- one of cricket's most brilliant and divisive characters. The film will be shot in Sri Lanka, UK, Australia and India. The shoot is slated to start at the beginning of 2021 and is set to release at the end of next year. The film will be made primarily in Tamil language. However, owing to Muralitharan and Sethupathi's popularity, the film will also be dubbed in all South Indian languages as well as Hindi, Bengali and Sinhalese. An international version with English subtitles is also being planned. Muralitharan is the only cricketer to have taken 800 wickets in Test cricket. Besides, he also picked up 534 and 13 wickets respectively in 350 ODIs and 12 T20Is.