


The courtroom drama is now streaming on Amazon Prime Videos. We live in a society where we respect every Language equally and respectfully. He Slaps a man for speaking Hindi in front of him. That Prakash Raj's Character is honestly disappointing. Yet others could be seen drawing parallels to other such instances in films when one or the other language was allegedly insulted. While many echoed his sentiment and said that they were hurt by the scene, others said that the man in the scene was slapped by Prakash Raj for trying to “get away with speaking in Hindi” such that the character played by Raj would not understand him. “I am really heartbroken after watching #JaiBhim, nothing against actor or anyone but felt really bad, there is a scene in the film where a person speaks Hindi and Prakash Raj slaps him and tells him to speak in Tamil… Honestly this kind of scene was not needed….Hope they cut it (sic),” a film critic and Twitter user wrote on the microblogging platform. It has sparked a row on social media, with many users claiming that the scene propagates an anti-Hindi sentiment, while others defended it, saying it needed to be seen in context of the film. Tamil film ‘Jai Bhim’, starring Suriya and Prakash Raj among others, has found itself in the midst of a controversy with a scene featuring Raj, where the actor can be seen slapping a man speaking in Hindi. Prakash Raj Slapping Hindi-speaking Man in Tamil Film 'Jai Bhim' Sparks Language Debate
