Linguistic Debate: The Political Storm Over Kamal Haasan's Kannada Remarks

'Stolen' and 'Stree' actor Abhishek Banerjee on Kamal Haasan's 'Kannada was born out of Tamil' remark: 'Heard the same thing about the Marathi-Bihari and...'

Not just Abhishek Banerjee, even 'Rana Naidu' and 'Baahubali' actor Rana Daggubati weighed on the on-going debate about Haasan's comment

‘Out of love’: Kamal Haasan clarifies after backlash over ‘Kannada born out of Tamil’ comment

Kamal Haasan Kannada row: What seemed like an attempt at fostering cultural unity quickly sparked outrage across Karnataka.

Seeman defends Kamal Haasan: “He spoke the truth, People are ignorant of their history”

What Kamal Haasan stated is not just true, it is the truth about the truth — entirely correct in every sense. The southern languages are offshoots of Tamil, and anyone familiar with historical facts won’t argue.

Actor Kamal Haasan is not aware of Kannada's ancient history: CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the Kannada language has a very long history, and actor Kamal Haasan is unaware of it. The CM’s statement came in response to Haasan’s recent remark at the audio launch of his upcoming film ‘Thug Life’ in Chennai, where he claimed that ‘Tamil gave birth to Kannada’. “Kannada language has a very long history….he (Kamal Hassan) doesn’t know,” Siddaramaiah told reporters. #WATCH | …

Actor Kamal Haasan says Kannada was ‘born out of Tamil’, draws backlash

Members of pro-Kannada group Karnataka Rakshana Vedike tore posters of his film ‘Thug Life’ in Bengaluru to protest his remarks.

'Said it out of love': Kamal Haasan clarifies remark on Kannada after backlash

Pro-Kannada groups have called for the boycott of the actor's 'Thug Life' movie if he fails to issue an apology for his remark "Tamil gave birth to Kannada."