Quote:
"Like Water and her adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, [Deepa] Mehta shot Funny Boy in Sri Lanka and cast talent from the country and its diaspora—decisions that have come under controversy and sparked calls for a boycott. Tamils have criticized Mehta's casting of Sinhalese people for Tamil characters and the actors' poor grasp of the Tamil language; it is a bitter irony considering that the story depicts the erasure of Tamil culture and existence by the Sinhala."
-- Tina Hassannia

Source:
Hassannia, Tina. "Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy is both powerful and problematic." Review of Funny Boy. Globe and Mail, November 26, 2020.