Overview

• The CBFC granted a U/A certificate on July 12 after accepting a version with two cuts, two muted dialogues and a revised title.
• Producers renamed the film ‘Janaki V. v/s State of Kerala’ and kept mentions of ‘Janaki’ limited to a brief courtroom scene.
• Director Pravin Narayanan said the film is likely to release on July 17 after the board’s clearance.
• Lawyer Harish Vasudevan filed a Right to Information plea seeking the CBFC’s list of deity names it bars and the basis for its classification.
• Film unions including FEFKA, AMMA, KFPA and MACTA had protested the board’s initial demand to remove a goddess epithet from the protagonist.