Kamal Haasan, the man who can make you believe he’s in love with a chair if the script demands it, is once again the subject of controversy — not for bad acting, not for a flop movie, but for… a banana joke. Yes, you read that right.
At a promotional event for Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life, Trisha Krishnan was asked about her favorite food. She said, “I like eating them all, but I like boiled banana more. What’s it called?” — referring to the famous Kerala snack pazham pori.
Imagine the outrage if any Telugu senior hero passed the same comment. Disgusting!! pic.twitter.com/d7xhtYesMu
— Aakashavaani (@TheAakashavaani) April 21, 2025
Kamal, ever the wordsmith, casually responded:
“She doesn’t know the name but likes putting it in her mouth.”
The crowd burst out laughing. Trisha herself laughed. Kamal even playfully patted her knee. It was a harmless, cheeky joke — the kind of friendly, witty banter that has existed forever in Tamil homes, between siblings, friends, even parents.
But the internet? Lost its collective mind. Suddenly, Kamal was labeled “perverted” and “disgusting”.
Seriously?
Let’s Get Real: Kamal Is Acting Royalty.
We’re talking about a man who has lived and breathed cinema for over 60 years. You ask him to fall in love with a banana? He’ll make you cry for the banana. That’s his level. That’s his craft.
He’s not here to please your sanitized, overreactive, meme-fed morality.
Kamal Haasan is an actor’s actor, a complete artist, a living legend.
And Tamil Nadu? You dare call him “dirty”?
You celebrated double-meaning dialogues from other stars with whistles and claps — but when Kamal says a tongue-in-cheek line, you clutch your pearls? Where was this energy for all the “mass heroes” delivering cringe one-liners filled with actual filth?
Fan Reactions That Tell the Truth
Amid the fake outrage, many fans came to Kamal’s defense:
- “This is a very jovial dialogue usually used in most Tamil houses by moms & dads. Nothing disgusting in this.”
- “Nothing double meaning here… Trisha forgot the food name, Kamal made a joke. That’s it.”
- “I am Tamil and not a Kamal fan. But there’s nothing offensive here. People are overreacting.”
- “There’s nothing wrong here da mairu. You all are just used to watching your perverted heroes, now you think everyone’s the same.”
And honestly? They’re right.
This entire fake scandal is actually doing the movie a favor. Thug Life has now entered mainstream headlines, and the trailer didn’t even drop yet. So thanks to the haters — free promo.
Why Kamal Gets Targeted
Let’s be blunt: Kamal Haasan doesn’t belong to any “fan army”. He doesn’t throw punch dialogues and fly cars in the air. He doesn’t beg for your hero worship. He plays bold, complex, real characters. He makes you uncomfortable with truth — not titillation.
That’s why they call him dirty.
Not because of what he said.
But because he isn’t your typical dancing-star-turned-politician puppet.
And some of these so-called “PROs” are reportedly using this opportunity to drag Kamal down and indirectly promote other stars — even throwing shade at Ajith and Rajini in the process. Pathetic.
Thiruppur Subramaniyam, president of the Theatre Owners Association, even said “Kamal is a complete actor, and Tamil Nadu has misunderstood him just because of a harmless joke.” When industry veterans stand with Kamal, who are these armchair moral police to cancel him?
In Conclusion: The Joke’s On You
Let’s face it. Kamal Haasan doesn’t need to apologize for your projections. He doesn’t act dirty — you just think dirty.
The banana joke? It was just a wordplay. Common, casual, and even classy when done by a master like Kamal.
If this makes you uncomfortable, maybe stop watching movies with actual vulgar content masked as “mass”.
Kamal is not the problem. Your hypocrisy is.