Gangai Amaran in trouble for scolding a fan. Ilayaraja's brother Gangai Amaran landed in trouble for scolding a fan. The video went viral and it happened at the death anniversary of lyricist Vaali.
The video shows the veteran composer speaking to the media, with a fan standing behind him. Amaran then turns to the fan and says, “Come on, you speak.” The fan, not realising that the music director was speaking out of irritation, came forward to speak to the media. But Amaran stepped aside and started walking away. He then snapped at the fan. “Is this how you stand behind when someone is talking?” he said. The fan, seemingly humiliated, moved away.
Netizens reacted angrily to the developments.
Once the video went public on social media, people came forward to express their opinions. Many of them were highly critical of Gangai Amaran. “The way that guy handled the situation in a very humble way shows how mature that guy is,” one person wrote on X.
Another couldn’t figure out how the fan in question caused any disturbance to the music composer. “That person standing behind him disturbed him? How.”