{"id":15817,"date":"2025-09-02T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:01:43","slug":"truth-behind-claim-president-orders-ban-on-screening-thalapathy-vijay-films-in-sri-lanka-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/truth-behind-claim-president-orders-ban-on-screening-thalapathy-vijay-films-in-sri-lanka-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Did President Anura Kumara Dissanayake issued a ban on Thalapathy Vijay\u2019s films?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Social media posts containing information regarding famous figures are regularly shared through social media platforms. It is also common to see misleading posts regarding these famous figures being rapidly shared across these platforms. Accordingly, this is a fact-check of a post that is currently circulating on social media regarding the South Indian film actor Thalapathy Vijay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Along with portraits of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Indian film actor Thapathy Vijay, a social media post was circulated with the statement, \u201cPresident Anura commands to ban the films starring Thalapathy Vijay in Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/strong> It appears that this social media post was published on the official News First Facebook page on the 15th. However, this social media post does not mention anything about the reasons behind the President\u2019s order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many people had expressed their opinions on this, and some others have shared this on their accounts, believing it to be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Therefore, here\u2019s how we investigated this to find the accuracy of this post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Actor Thaplapathy Vijay announced his retirement from acting and entry into politics in 2024, and has now started his political campaign targeting the 2026 Tamil Nadu state elections. Addressing a political rally of his party on the 21st, he requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reclaim the Katchatheevu island to India. These social media posts are being shared in the midst of his claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as the post which claimed that the President ordered a ban on his films being broadcasted in Sri Lanka, was posted according to the News First media channel structure, we checked the Facebook page of News First channel. However, we did not observe any such post published in the page either on 15th or any date close to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We contacted News First\u2019s media department to further confirm this, and the assistant manager confirmed that the circulating social media post was not posted by their official Facebook page. He further stated that they have not posted any news related to Indian actor Thalapathy Vijay on their official Facebook page recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a photo of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake similar to the one included in the circulated social media post can be seen in another news item related to the Cyber Security Act which was posted on the News First Facebook page on the 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thus, it is clear that the Facebook post posted by News First regarding the preparation of the Cyber \u200b\u200bSecurity Act has been altered and a photo of Indian actor Thalapathy Vijay has been included in this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in order to further clarify this matter and confirm the facts, we also contacted with the Presidential Media Division and the Public Performance Board regarding the post circulating on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presidential Media Divison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Presidential Media Division stated that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has not issued such a statement, and that the circulating social media post is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Public Performance Board also confirmed that they haven\u2019t taken such a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thalapathy Vijay requests Indian Prime Minister to claim back Katchatheevu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katchatheevu, a major issue in the history of Tamil Nadu election campaigns, has become a major issue in the upcoming 2026 general election platforms as well. Accordingly, the Daily News<\/a> reported on the 23rd that actor Thalapathy Vijay, the leader of the Tamil Vetri Karalam (TVK) party, had also requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to claim back the island of Katchatheevu to India, while addressing a political rally. It further stated that Vijay had alleged that the Sri Lankan Navy had destroyed the livelihoods of more than 800 Indian fishermen.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, on the 22nd, TIMES OF INDIA had reported<\/a> that it was a major topic of leader Thalapathy Vijay’s speech at the main rally of the Tamil Vetri Karalam (TVK) party held in Madurai on the 21st of August. There, he criticized the Tamil Nadu state government and trade unions for failing to protect the state’s fishermen, and has requested the Indian Prime Minister to claim back the island. More news articles here<\/a>. Below is the full speech made at the political rally on the 21st of August, by Thalapathy Vijay demanding the reclaim of Katchatheevu isaland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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