Vijay's upcoming film Master has been caught up in plagiarism controversy with a filmmaker claiming to have registered the story three years ago. This is not the first time, the actor's movie has run into controversy.
Bigil
Director Selva accised director Atlee of copying his script and three cases were filed against the film.
Sarkar
Varun Rajendran had claimed that AR Murugadoss had lifted his Sengol script. The director-producer and the writer later made a settlement after initial resistence
Mersal
Vijay mocked BJP's demonetisation, GST and digital India initiatives much to their displeasure. However, the controversy helped draw more people to theatres.
Thuppakki
Muslims were up in arms against the filmmakers for showing them in poor light. The makers were forced to delete objectionable scenes from the movie.
Nanban
Vijay drew the wrath of Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi members for playing a student called Panchavan Parivender.
Puli
Income Tax sleuths went knocking on the doors of Ilayathalapathy Vijay and incidentally all the morning shows of the movie were cancelled for no reason.
Thalaiva
The then Tamil Nadu governement stalled the release of the movie saying it was politically provocative. The film's release delay hit the makers hard and caused financial losses.