The release of ‘Jana Nayagan’, which is said to be the last film of Tamil superstar Vijay, got postponed due to lack of CBFC clearance. Producer KVN Productions has reached the Supreme Court against the ban ordered by the Madras High Court. The next hearing is scheduled for January 21.
Jana Nayagan makes move Supreme Court: Producers of Vijay starrer Tamil film ‘Jana Nayagan’ have challenged an interim order of Madras High Court in the Supreme Court on Monday. In this order, the High Court had stayed the direction of a single-judge in which the film was asked to give clearance from CBFC. The film was scheduled to release on January 9, but was postponed indefinitely after it did not receive clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
What was the order of Madras HC?
On January 9, a single judge ordered the CBFC to immediately grant a censor certificate to Jana Naygan. However, later the same day, a double bench of the Madras High Court stayed the order, leaving the future of the actor-politician’s film in limbo. The next hearing in this case is scheduled for January 21, which means the film cannot be released before that.
KVN Productions moves SC
Film production company KVN Productions LLP has filed an appeal against the order given by the Division Bench of the High Court on Friday, which had stayed the single bench’s direction asking the Board to immediately issue the certificate to the film. The film has political undertones, and this is especially important since Vijay has announced that after its release he will leave cinema for active politics.
Vijay has recently launched his own political party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), and has expressed his desire to contest the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections under its banner this year.
What is the case against Jana Naygan?
Jana Nayagan was scheduled to release on 9 January, ahead of Pongal, which is a popular release window for Tamil films. However, the film faced last-minute problems after the Central Board of Film Certification did not issue the certification on time.
Earlier, while admitting KVN Productions’ petition seeking direction to the CBFC to issue the censor certificate, Justice Asha said that once the board had decided to grant the certificate, the chairperson had no power to refer the matter to a review committee.
The Film Board immediately appealed against this order. The bench said that there will be a stay on this and ordered to issue a notice to the producer of the film and fixed the next hearing of the case on January 21.