Chennai, June 4 -- Actor-politician Kamal Hassan, who was mired in a controversy over his Kannada language remarks and the Karnataka High Court to pulling him up for his refusal to apologise, the actor on Wednesday thanked the people of Tamil Nadu for the support and for understanding what he had said, even as the ruling DMK too came in support of him an justified his remark.

During the audio release event of his upcoming film 'Thug Life', Kamal had said Kannada language evolved from Tamil, leading to a public uproar a with several pro-Kannada outfits staging protests across Karnataka demanding an apology, besides demanding a ban on the release of the film in that State.

Talking to reporters here along the film crew, the actor profusel...