Reacting to the criticism that she had maligned leaders of the Congress in her recently released film Parasakthi, director Sudha Kongara opened up on how she had shown Congress leaders to be extremely positive leaders. She also highlighted that her film showed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as one of the greatest leaders ever. This comes after the film was criticised by the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress, who also sought a ban on the film.

Sudha Kongara reacts to criticism from Tamil Nadu Youth Congress

Responding to the controversy, Sudha Kongara told IANS, "Not at all. Can there be a greater leader than Nehru who comes and says, 'I want to allay your fears, I want to tell you, do not fear. Till my brothers from the south (the non-Hindi speaking states) say 'yes', Hindi will not become the sole official language.' He promises. The protagonist actually tells one Hindi-speaking person, the loco pilot, saying that Panditji had promised us in the Parliament and he's not going to go back on his words and that's exactly how they lived and how he was such a great leader. People believed him."