Overview
- After a single judge ordered a U/A 16+ certificate on January 9, a division bench stayed that directive, halting the planned January 9 Pongal release.
- The Supreme Court declined to grant relief on January 15 and asked the Madras High Court to decide the matter on January 20.
- A bench led by Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava with Justice G Arul Murugan is scheduled to hear the case.
- BookMyShow shows over 1 million users marking interest in the film; trade coverage notes it as the platform’s 16th title to cross that threshold and Vijay’s second entry.
- Vijay has been questioned by the CBI in the Karur stampede probe, including more than six hours on January 12 and a further round on Monday, in a case that recorded 41 deaths and over 60 injuries.