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The recent recognition the film received at the National Awards has not gone down well with many people.
Within a few minutes, the tweet received more than 7,000 likes.
Sudipto Sen was the lone Indian on the panel who did not endorse the jury head's views on the film.
Lapid, who was the international jury chair at the recent IFFI, stirred massive controversy by terming the Vivek Agnihotri film 'vulgar' and a 'propaganda'
IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid said the movie was inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival.
Israel's Ambassador in India, Naor Gilon, took to Twitter to write a long open letter in English to his countryman. He prefaced his letter with a comment that made his condemnation clear.
The 53rd edition of the nine-day festival will be inaugurated by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur at Panaji.
The Goa government has set a deadline to all its concerned departments to complete the work related to the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) by November 15.
The actor, who is a part of the eight-member Cannes Competition jury at the gala that opened May 17, said India needs to back homegrown talent with 'conviction'
Dhanush had won a National Award for the same film earlier this year.