;Film piracy awareness: President R. Sarathkumar and his wife Raadhika Sarathkumar, who is also the co-producer of the film Jaggubhai, held a press conference on January 4, condemning the acts of pirated films being uploaded on the Internet and sales of pirated DVDs.
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;Hogenakkal water dispute hunger strike: During May 2008, president R. Sarathkumar organized a one-day hunger strike opposing the Karnataka government's controversial plan of the Hogenakkal Integrated Drinking Water Project and the abuse of Tamils in the state of Karnataka.