Rajinikanth led the protest of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SICC) against the government’s decision to impose a 12.36% service tax on film and television artists and technicians, by joining a day-long demonstration of the fraternity in Chennai on Monday.
Producers, actors and technicians of Tamil and Telugu film industries boycotted shooting for a day on 7 January. Some of its members were also on a fast. “The service tax