India, Sept. 25 -- Dhanush, who is working on promoting hai next film Idli Kadai, is touring across Tamil Nadu. The actor is also helming the film, and it is his fourth directorial. In a recent pre-release event held, Dhanush clarified his earlier comments on how his childhood was in poverty, after many began to point out he is a director's son.

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In one of the pre-release events of Idli Kadai, Dhanush had recalled how during his childhood, he had struggled to even buy idlies and would be denied money from his family when he asked. Following this, many criticised the actor on milking the middle class and poverty status to sell h...