Overview
- The Supreme Court has listed KVN Productions’ plea for a mid-January hearing, with cause lists reported for January 19 by several outlets and January 15 by PTI-based reports.
- On January 9, a Madras High Court single judge directed the CBFC to grant a U/A certificate, but a division bench stayed that order hours later.
- Rahul Gandhi called the alleged block on the Vijay starrer an attack on Tamil culture, while Union MoS L. Murugan denied any Centre-level pressure.
- The film missed its planned January 9 Pongal release after certification was withheld, and a planned re-release of Vijay’s Theri was also postponed.
- CBFC’s examining committee initially recommended 27 cuts and a U/A certificate, but the chair referred the film to a Revising Committee after a complaint, which the producers dispute as they cite prior regional clearance indications and technical portal issues.