Suriya's response, which has no mention of the legal notice from the Vanniyar Sangam, has come two days after the notice was issued to him.

The comedian has been under scrutiny over the roles that he played in recent times that had elements of body shaming and prejudice under the guise of making comedy. 

Earlier, the Vanniyar Sangam had issued a legal notice to Suriya and the Jai Bhim team, demanding an apology from them for hurting the sentiments of the Vanniyar community.

Vetri Maaran wrote, "No one can be made to feel lesser for doing the right thing Jai bheem. Suriya is one star who is redefining stardom."

Popular director Pa Ranjith took to Twitter and shared a portrait of Suriya with writing "We Stand with Suriya", as he joined the wave of expressing solidarity to the actor. 

The president of the Vanniyar Sangam has demanded the Jai Bhim team tender an unconditional apology for damaging the reputation of the Vanniyar community.

Several politicians, including Chief Minister MK Stalin, had welcomed the movie and Stalin gave a review that many movies like Jai Bhim should come in the future.

Jai Bhim was released directly on Amazon Prime Video on November 2 and it was dubbed in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

Pattali Makkal Katchi's (PMK) youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss has on Wednesday asked nine questions to actor Suriya and urged the latter to respond to them. 

The movie, besides being one of the everlasting pictures in the Tamil cinema, has shaken the conscience of society over the suppression imposed on the backward people and their plight for justice.