Popular actress, director and Television reality show host Lakshmy Ramakrishnan was irked by the repeated instance of spoof on her in a prominent Tamil satellite channel. She had stated that she plans to take legal action against the particular program and the channel which airs it.

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Now Lakshmy has sent a press release in which she has confirmed that a legal notice has been sent on her behalf to the private channel and she will press defamation charges in Court if the channel fails to reply to the notice:

"I wish to inform you that my lawyer has sent the legal notice to Vijay television, asking an open apology for repeatedly ridiculing and defaming me in the 'Sirichu Pochu' segment of 'Adhu idhu edhu'.

As you all know, first time when they had done it, I had taken it sportively. I even thought of using the popularity of the spoof and use the dialogue as the title for a show which I was discussing with 2 popular channels, one was Vijay TV. My intention was to do a socially relevant program in a fun angle and I thought it is only right for me to exploit the situation for a good cause. But, when the lines got featured in many films and 'Rajanimurugan' song , I had to face the consequences in social media and public places. This put me and my family in many embarrassing situations. I posted a video byte on social media explaining the moment when I used the particular dialogue and slowly things settled down.

Vijay TV once again raked up the issue by posting the promo of version 2 of Ennamma ippadi panrengkale ma', which I happened to see on 1st oct 2015. This one was crossing limits and was in bad taste, moreover I was not ready to go through the ordeal all over again. I was not feeling very well since my busy schedules was taking its toll on my health. I sent a mail to Mr. Sriram, the general manager of Vijay TV , requesting him to stop the airing of the program. There no response from them and I approached the commissioner. They could not do much as it was not a criminal offence and advised me to proceed legally.

The notice is sent and if we do not get a reply, I will be filing a defamation case against Vijay television.

I am not worried about the end result but I will surely fight for my right to protect my image."