After Vijay Sethupathi confirmed to a Sri Lanka based radio that he will act in the biopic named 800 on, the retired Sri Lankan spinner Muthiah Muralidharan has asked the Tamil actor to drop the project as he doesn’t want his movie to become a hurdle in his future endeavours. In a statement issued by the Sri Lankan cricketer, Muthiah Muralidharan urged Vijay Sethupathi to drop the biopic project based on his life.
Muralidharan stated that he is stating so because of the controversy raked up by few people in Tamil Nadu without a proper understanding about him and also added that Vijay Sethupathi is under tremendous pressure and doesn’t want this controversy to affect his career.
Muthiah Muralidharan has requested Vijay Sethupathi to back out from the project and has said that “The reason why I agreed to the biopic is that my life and struggle may inspire a lot of youngsters who want to pursue cricket as a career, but I’m sure that I will go ahead and present my biopic for the future generation as promised.” After Muthiah Muralidharan released the statement and requested him not to act in the biopic, Vijay Sethupathi tweeted saying “Nandri Vanakkam” as if to suggest that he won’t be starring in 800.
Sources say that the production house will make an official announcement regarding Vijay Sethupathi being dropped from the biopic 800. Several political parties, pro-Tamil organisations, Eelam Tamil organisations and Penang Deputy Chief Minister Ramswami were continuously requesting Vijay Sethupathi not to act in the biopic of Muthiah Muralidharan as it would hurt the sentiments of Tamils.