Samantha plays Sri Lankan Tamil, Twitter trends #FamilyMan2AgainstTamils. Why?

Samantha Akkineni plays the role of Raji, a Sri Lankan Tamil in The Family Man 2. Soon after the trailer released, netizens trended #FamilyMan2AgainstTamil and trolled Samantha. Here's why.

The long-pending trailer of The Family Man 2 hit the web on May 19. It shows Samantha Akkineni as Raji, a Sri Lankan Tamil and a part of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). Soon after the trailer dropped, netizens trended #FamilyMan2AgainstTamils on Twitter. Tamils are origins of Srilanka. Sinhalese came settled by 3rd century. Tamils fought for independence British gave power to Sinhalese. LTTE started as freedom fighters of Tamils from barbarian &genocide Srilankan govt &formed separate Eelam, govt & army #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/zjiZyhODbD Dear sangis we love LTTE.. we are proud to Prabakaran childs #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/G4B9TquwIM All Tamils Are LTTE ! #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/B5A1QcD3kR Tamil people’s are not extremists, we love peaceDon’t project us as extremists#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/2xbSMvniy5 don't blame our world's one and only ethical Army #Familyman2_against_tamils pic.twitter.com/F7i79uJeqO #LTTE is great example for world for building up people army. Every governments should learn from #LTTE leadership our great national leader Mr Prabaharan how to cultivate discipline in their army Some countries' army lack much pic.twitter.com/CFzbsHg036#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils @saata @SaattaiOnline mass thalaiva pic.twitter.com/Q0BuX2j0mU We Love LTTELiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/wSC2vhCzlT So how did @Samanthaprabhu2 you prepare for this role?Was it hard to unlearn Tamil, paint yourself in black, project Tamil resistence as terrorism and betray the Tamil community, or did it come naturally to you?#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils OTT platform .@PrimeVideoIN Do you remember what Happened to 800 movie of Vijay sethupathi.. we will raise our Voice world wide against the movie..Remember not only North Indians are audience we are 8 crore here and more than 2 crores worldwide.#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils Going by the trailer, Samantha can be seen donning the LTTE uniform. The visuals suggest that Chennai is under a terrorist attack. And it is clear from the trailer that the majority of the series is set in the backdrop of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.