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Award-winning director Vetrimaaran recalls being allegedly made to wait for not knowing Hindi
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3:11Now PlayingNational award-winning director Vetrimaaran recalls an instance where he was allegedly made to wait for not knowing Hindi.
In an article he wrote for a regional magazine, Vetrimaaran who has won National awards for Aadukalam movie had stated that he was made tow air by an immigration officer for allegedly not speaking in Hindi.
The Director recalled that issue occurred as he was returning from Montreal after screening Aadukalam in a film festival in 2011.
Vetrimaaran claims that the immigration officer has asked something in Hindi for which Vetrimaaran had replied that he doesn't know and requested him to speak in English.
For this, the director states that the immigration officer replied, "You don't know your mother tongue" and Vetrimaaran had stated that Tamil was his mother tongue and that he knows English to speak with others.
Vetrimaaran alleges that the immigration officer was upset and said, "You are like this only, You Tamilians, Kashmiris are breaking this country. You're are all terrorists", and made Vetrimaaran stand for 45 minutes.
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