{"id":610393,"date":"2026-09-09T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610393\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:06:28","slug":"amid-rumours-of-rift-with-dad-cm-vijay-jason-sanjay-reacts-to-tvk-chants-at-event-for-his-debut-film-sigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610393\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid rumours of rift with dad, CM Vijay, Jason Sanjay reacts to TVK chants at event for his debut film Sigma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">A pre-release event for the debut film of Tamil superstar CM C Joseph <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/vijay\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Vijay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vijay<\/a>\u2019s son, <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/jason-sanjay-gushes-about-glorified-action-film-prashanth-neel-yash-kgf-instead-of-dad-vijay-jana-nayagan-101786012913134.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Jason Sanjay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jason Sanjay<\/a>, titled Sigma, was held in Salem on Tuesday evening. It was attended by the film\u2019s cast and crew, including lead actors Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah. Amid rumours of a rift between Vijay and Jason, the debutant filmmaker was interrupted by chants of TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, his father\u2019s party). Here\u2019s how he reacted.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jason_Sanjay_1788923012845_b341c8b3-685d-4bed-a2ab-d6a1e888fd13_1788923013019_4fb1f9f6-5eee-493b-8d1.jpeg\" alt=\"Jason Sanjay was giving a speech at Sigma event when he was interrupted by chants of TVK.\" title=\"Jason Sanjay was giving a speech at Sigma event when he was interrupted by chants of TVK.\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Jason Sanjay was giving a speech at Sigma event when he was interrupted by chants of TVK.Jason Sanjay interrupted by TVK chants at Sigma event<\/p>\n<p>As he took to the stage, Jason said he was happy to kick off the promotions for Sigma in Salem, where he shot part of the film. \u201cSalem has given me positive memories, so thank you, Salem,\u201d he said. He thanked his film\u2019s team on stage, and when he said, \u201cA special thanks to my family,\u201d the crowd cheered loudly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \"><a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/jason-sanjay-says-father-cm-vijay-win-in-tamil-nadu-elections-is-a-historical-revolution-101785586364273.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Jason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jason <\/a>had to halt his speech as the cheers got louder. Sundeep could be seen grinning, and even Faria turned back to look at the crowd. The debutant could be seen nodding and smiling as the host tried to increase the volume and check whether they could be heard over the audience. Soon, the fans began chanting \u2018TVK\u2019 and didn\u2019t stop till Jason gave them a thumbs-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">After the sound was adjusted, Jason continued his speech and said, \u201cWe\u2019ve all had a Sigma moment in our lives. We\u2019ve faced big troubles due to the decisions we\u2019ve made, but have risen from them. I believe this story about a common man is one that everyone can relate to.\u201d The audience also became louder as he spoke about his parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">When the host asked Jason what the first film he watched was, he smiled and said Thirumalai. He also stated that he was only three years old when he saw Vijay and Jyotika&#8217;s 2003 romantic drama. When asked whom he made the first call to inform that he was officially a director, he replied, \u201cTo my amma (mother). She was very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">At the event, <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/sigma-vijays-son-jason-sanjays-debut-directorial-gets-title-lead-actor-sundeep-kishan-explains-the-concept-101762750028773.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Sundeep\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sundeep <\/a>also called Vijay \u2018the identity of our film and our biggest inspiration\u2019. Jason seemed to agree with him, smiling.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours of rift between Vijay and Jason Sanjay<\/p>\n<p>After news broke that <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/vijay-spots-fan-holding-picture-of-him-and-estranged-wife-sangeeta-sornalingam-heres-how-he-reacted-trisha-krishnan-101776154478900.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Sangeeta Sornalingam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sangeeta Sornalingam<\/a> had filed for divorce from Vijay, rumours of a rift between father and son began circulating. In March, there were reports that Jason had unfollowed Vijay on Instagram. The same month, Vijay and Trisha Krishnan attended a wedding together, dressed in matching gold outfits. In July, there was speculation that Jason had dropped \u2018V\u2019 from his name, opting for \u2018S\u2019 to honour his mother instead. In August, Sangeeta withdrew her divorce petition. Neither Vijay nor Jason confirmed nor spoke publicly about the family rift.<\/p>\n<p>About Jason Sanjay\u2019s Sigma<\/p>\n<p>Sigma will mark Jason Sanjay\u2019s debut as a director. The film was initially supposed to be released on July 31. However, it was postponed as Vijay\u2019s much-delayed final film, <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/jana-nayagan-movie-review-vijay-farewell-film-not-the-thalapathy-kacheri-that-was-promised-leaves-you-wanting-more-101784729846314.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Jana Nayagan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jana Nayagan<\/a>, finally hit screens on July 23. Produced by Lyca Productions, Sigma is a heist comedy that stars Sundeep Kishan, Faria Abdullah, Sampath Raj, Shiv Panditt, Yog Japee, Sheela Rajkumar, Raju Sundaram, and others. Thaman S composed the film\u2019s music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pre-release event for the debut film of Tamil superstar CM C Joseph Vijay\u2019s son, Jason Sanjay, titled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,79177,397,276432,191254,79175],"class_list":["post-610393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jason-sanjay","tag-movies","tag-sigma-event","tag-tvk-party","tag-vijay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}