A meeting of the South Indian Film Artistes’ Association today criticised the actress for shooting a film in the island nation, but deferred taking action against her.
“Though our association had issued a diktat to its members not to visit Sri Lanka just before the IIFA awards function, Asin chose to go for a shooting schedule later. She may be from Kerala but she acts in Tamil films and must respect Tamil sentiments. Though many of us wanted immediate action against her, our president Sharath Kumar advised restraint,” thundered actor Radha Ravi, also the general secretary of the association.
Ravi declared that only if she apologised would other Tamil stars, who are members of the association, act with her.
Asin and actor Salman Khan had gone to Lanka to shoot for the Hindi film Ready early this month, and have since returned. Loud protests by Tamil film associations and fringe groups, such as Naam Tamilar and the 17 May Movement, had begun while she was in Sri Lanka.
