India, Jan. 25 -- Actor Ajith Kumar's 2011 film Mankatha was re-released in theatres on Friday. While videos of barricades being put up inside theatres to curb overenthusiastic fans and of fans celebrating inside theatres keep doing the rounds, one video shows a Vijay fan being beaten up for waving a flag of the Tamil star's political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), during the screening.

A video circulating online shows commotion in a theatre lobby. One man is seen being beaten by many others. After a while, the mob tears his shirt off and shoves him out of the theatre as others cheer. The video shows it was taken at Pandian Cinemas in Karaikudi, with the caption stating that Ajith's fan beat up a Vijay fan for waving a TVK flag i...