Indian actor Suriya under police protection after hit film sparks caste furore


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'Jai Bhim', released on Amazon Prime, has received rave reviews. Photo: Suriya/Twitter

The star of a hit new Indian film tackling the oppression of marginalised communities was under armed police guard Thursday (Nov 18) after threats of violence.

Jai Bhim is a legal drama based on the true story of an activist lawyer fighting for a tribal woman whose husband was wrongly arrested and killed in police custody in 1993.

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