With Jayalalithaa dead and gone and and M Karunanidhi in poor health, popular film stars have begun to fill the vacuum ahead of the next elections. The Jallikattu issue has come handy for them. Look at the way film star Kamal Haasan has fuelled the Jallikattu campaign with his provocative tweets. He remarked that if Jallikattu was banned, then why not biryani, that all animal slaughter should be considered cruelty to animals. He demanded that PETA quit India and not interfere in national politics, and suggested that instead, it should ban bull-riding rodeos in Donald Trump's USA. Not to be left behind, another popular star, Rajinikanth, was a part of the South Indian Film Association's fast against the ban. Significantly, in several Tamil films, the hero tames the bull to prove his virility.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-01-30 08:58:55
With Jayalalithaa dead and gone and and M Karunanidhi in poor health, popular film stars have begun to fill the vacuum ahead of the next elections. The Jallikattu issue has come handy for them. Look at the way film star Kamal Haasan has fuelled the Jallikattu campaign with his provocative tweets. He remarked that if Jallikattu was banned, then why not biryani, that all animal slaughter should be considered cruelty to animals. He demanded that PETA quit India and not interfere in national politics, and suggested that instead, it should ban bull-riding rodeos in Donald Trump's USA. Not to be left behind, another popular star, Rajinikanth, was a part of the South Indian Film Association's fast against the ban. Significantly, in several Tamil films, the hero tames the bull to prove his virility.
