'Jallikattu', the bull-taming sport, has raised a debate across the country in the context of the demand of certain lobbies for its ban.

Universal Star Kamal Haasan has taken a stance on the issue. Remember that his directorial flick 'Virumaandi' captured Jallikattu in great detail and nuances.

When he participated as a celebrity guest in a television program in 2013, while answering about a question on the Spanish Bull fight event, the Universal Star made it a point to underscore the difference between the Spanish event and that of the Tamils. In that program itself he said Jallikattu is not a form of violence unlike the Spanish event.

Kamal Haasan in his interview to a Tamil news channel again clearly voiced out that Jallikattu is NOT VIOLENCE.

"Jallikattu is a competition. Though people call it with many names, according to me ?????????? (which can be loosely translated as Hugging the Bull) is the most apt name for it. The kindness in this word explains what the sport is all about. We can not compare it with the bull fights in western countries. There, the After the fight the animal will go to the food plates as meat. But here the same bull will be nurtured again with love and care.and it will come to the game again."