CHENNAI: Irked by the continuing satire over a phrase identified with her, noted actor-director Lakshmi Ramakrishnan lodged a complaint with the city police on Friday seeking action against a private television channel for airing a promo, which she alleged was defamatory in nature.

Talking to Express, the director said she had hosted a reality show titled Solvathellam Unmai on Zee Tamizh channel recently. During one of the episodes, she had used the phrase, Ennama Ippadi Panreengale Ma (Why are you doing like this?) to express her helplessness. However, her statement, made in exasperation, was made fun of in another game show titled Athu Ithu Ethu which was aired on Vijay TV. The satirical version went viral and has since been used often to take digs at her, she charged. “Now, Vijay TV has put out a promo for version 2 of #EnnamaIppadiPanreengaleMa! It shows that this swipe at me is likely to be featured in one of the segments of the programme Athu Ithu Yethu. I want this segment that features this satire to be stopped from being aired,” she said.