Overview
- CBFC granted a U/A (UA 16+) certificate on January 9, with producers announcing the nod on X before the January 10 release.
- Sivakarthikeyan said the team had roughly 10 hours to execute about 25 mandated changes, leaving little room for negotiation.
- The board-ordered modifications included rewritten dialogue, muting specific words, trimming violent visuals, and extended disclaimers, adding 109 seconds to a certified runtime of 162.43 minutes.
- Advance ticketing expanded once certification arrived, with many more theatres and shows opening for booking compared with the day before.
- The film went to the CBFC revising committee in Mumbai during the review process, as Vijay’s Jana Nayagan faced separate certification and court hurdles that cleared the Pongal slate for Parasakthi.