filmmaker perarasu was one of the few people from kollywood who came out in support of vijay sethupathi on the controversial biopic on cricketer muthiah muralidaran the thirupaachi director says that he is not surprised that the project is getting dropped he opens up this was expected as makers of a project like this which has crores of rupees at stake wouldnt want to take risk i appreciate muralidarans decision owing to the pressure vijay sethupathi was facing from several quarters but as a filmmaker i cant accept the reason for which it has been dropped what if the makers had plans only to highlight muralidarans cricket career he avers that one should not protest against a movie without knowing the intention of its makers perarasu adds i can understand the protest if the makers had plans to showcase sensitive scenes involving the civil war but without even knowing what a film is about no one has the right to push for a ban on it every person will have positive and grey shades to himher a movie should be watched as a creative work one should not mix it with politics