Director Lenin Bharathi urges Vetrimaaran not to glorify violence in Arasan promo song

Director Lenin Bharathi has publicly criticised filmmaker Vetrimaaran over a song used in the latest promotional video for the upcoming film Arasan, saying its lyrics glorify violence and should not be planted in young minds.

Arasan, directed by Vetrimaaran and starring Silambarasan, has drawn wide attention since its announcement promo, with the film's North Chennai setting adding to fan interest. A roughly one-minute-forty-second promo video released for Deepavali, however, met with largely negative reactions from fans over the song featured in it.

In a post on X, Lenin Bharathi said that at a time when violence and drug culture are damaging young people, lines in the song celebrating brutal violence should not be sown and nurtured in young minds, directly appealing to Vetrimaaran on the issue.

The film, which has music by Anirudh, was expected to release another promo around Deepavali, but reports say promotional work has been delayed following the composer's wedding, with the next release now likely to be pushed to December.