Actor Siddharth terms Thackeray biopic as ‘propaganda’, adds ‘poetic justice’ that Nawaz is playing Bal Thackeray

controversy around highly-anticipated Bal Thackeray biopic 'Thackeray' was ratcheted up significantly on Thursday morning as actor Siddharth railed against film on Twitter, accusing it of being a lot of things, including discriminatory against South Indians, a propaganda film, of constituting hate speech and more.  

Siddharth also pointed out what he clearly sees as political irony in fact that Nawazuddin Siddiqui gets to play role of Bal Thackeray:

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He has also drawn an election-link by using hashtag #HappyElections, accusing film of selling 'so much hate with such romance and heroism' 

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‘Thackeray’ has been directed by Abhijit Panse and written and produced by Shiv Sena leer Sanjay Raut and Shrikant Bhasi along with Viacom Motion Pictures. movie will hit screens on January 25, two days after birth anniversary of Bal Thackeray.

film hit a bit of a stumbling block even before its release, with CBFC objecting to three lines in trailer. ditionally, Shiv Sena has also warned that or film should release on same day -- something that is particularly worrisome for Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika.