Chennai, June 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tamilisai Soundarajan on Saturday lashed out at actor Kamal Hassan and questioned him on why he did not release his movie in Tamil if he was a true Tamilian.

She further stated that Hassan did not respect Tamil.

"People are telling me that if I don't support Kamal Haasan, then I am not a Tamilian. I ask Kamal Haasan, if he is a true Tamilian, why didn't he coin his movie in Tamil?... What is 'Thug Life'? Is it a Tamil phrase?... When it's about business, he doesn't respect Tamil. At the peak of his career, he didn't express his respect for Tamil. He was acting in Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films," Soundarajan told ANI.

She further claimed that Hassan was dividing people in the ...