Bengaluru Court Restrains Kamal Haasan from Remarks Against Kannada Language and Culture

A Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court has temporarily restrained actor Kamal Haasan from making defamatory statements against the Kannada language, its literature, land, and culture. 

The order was passed after the Kannada Sahitya Parishath (KSP) filed a plea objecting to Haasan’s comment that "Kannada was born out of Tamil" made during the launch of his film Thug Life in Chennai.

The court barred Haasan from issuing, publishing, or distributing such statements until the next hearing.

The KSP also sought an unconditional apology, arguing that Haasan’s claims lacked historical or linguistic backing.