Tamil Nadu Film Directors' Association (TANTIS) is observing a one-day fast at Valluvar Kottam, to show their solidarity with the protesting student community over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue. The association has demanded  the centre to move a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN’s human rights body meet later this month. The members of Tamil Nadu Film Director’s Association (TANTIS), Film Employees’ Federation of South India (FEFSI), Tamil Film Producers Council, Federation of Small Screen Technicians (FESST), Tamil Nadu Small Screen Producers Association and Tamil Nadu Thiraipada Padalasiriargal Sangam are taking part in this hunger strike.

Prominent directors Gautham Menon, S.J. Suryah, Ameer, Aslam, Shankar, KV Anand, Perarasu, Vijay, Lingusamy, Prabhu Solomon, Balaji Sakthivel, Charan actors Suhasini, Manobala, Ponvannan, music director Ilaiyaraaja, FEFSI Vijayan and many other prominent celebrities have already arrived at the venue.