India, June 3 -- The Karnataka high court on Tuesday pulled up actor Kamal Haasan over his recent controversial statement during a movie promotion that the Kannada language was born out of Tamil.

The court said Haasan might be a popular film star but that does not permit him to "hurt public sentiments", granting the actor time till 2.30pm today to "make amends".

"Discretion is the best part of valour, we will not permit anybody's sentiments to be taken for a ride. Mistakes happen, you must know what to do when mistakes happen," the court said.

It made the strong verbal observations while hearing a plea filed by Haasan's production house, Raajkamal Films International, seeking the release of the actor's upcoming film Thug Life in Karnat...