Documentary film-maker cum poet Leena Manimekalai shocked the Tamil film industry yesterday by calling out director Susi Ganesan in the ongoing MeToo India movement. In response to her accusations, Susi Ganesan has said in the media that he has filed a criminal defamation case against the accuser and has posted details about it on his Facebook page.
Earlier in a strongly worded statement Susi Ganesan addressed the accuser directly in a Facebook post and said, (Translated from Tamil):
"Lena Manimagalai - Your disgusting lie has made me cringe with shame. The story you have created with your imaginative abilities is out of jealousy which reeks when a pig rolling in a mud sees a man roaming around with a white shirt. You have proved that this world is only apt for scoundrels and jobless goons.
I wonder if my name would have been spared had I rolled in the mud with you? A 'modern woman' who gets into a car alone with a man who you've only met for a half-an-hour interview, I would have considered you to be a 'true person' had you stabbed the man (whichever innocent who owns that luxury car) in his chest.
I have proof to prove all your statements to be a 'lie'. Before publishing them - I ask you to apologize to me on the same page where you have smeared my name. Otherwise, I would have no other go but to go to court to file a criminal defamation suit and use the money from the case to uproot 'social viruses' like you who use a movement like #MeToo to take out personal vengeance."
Susi Ganesan also appealed to people in the media to avoid 'sadist' people like her. He further added, "Leela Manimekalai asked me for two help- (to become) assistant director/song lyricist. I couldn't do either of it. As someone who has failed in familial life and in a situation where becoming a poet did not turn fruitful, she has spitted vengeful anger on me instead of spitting on her own personal life which is filled with dirt the cine world knows."
Leela on the other hand retorted to every one of Susi Ganesan's statements by saying (Translated from Tamil):
"Susi Ganesan's denial statement is a testament in itself for the wrong that he has done. My own life is the happiest life of my heart. How can he determine its success? My creations and the literary world would say if I am a poet or not. In cinema, I've taken a lot of good films than the movies he made. Heroes in my films are not scoundrels. What else can be expected from the sellers of conscience.
At the time I met Susi Ganesan, I was not in need of asking opportunities for becoming a poet/assistant director. After I tweeted about him, journalists and women have shared shocking information about him. I wish them the courage to open up about their experiences."
About the criminal defamation suit and actor Siddharth's claim that Susi Ganesan tried to threaten his father, Leela tweeted: 



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