Overview
- Resident Sayan Kangsabani filed the public interest litigation asking the court to ensure smooth, peaceful screenings of the CBFC-cleared film in West Bengal.
- The petition was admitted this week after theatre owners in the state largely declined to program the movie, which the makers label an unofficial ban that authorities have not formally announced.
- A closed-door show in Kolkata on 13 September was held under CRPF security as the director publicly appealed for the film to be shown in the state.
- Box-office trackers report a steep second-week drop, with estimates placing the two-week India net around Rs 14 crore and daily collections slipping to roughly Rs 30–40 lakh.
- An earlier plea to halt the release and remove scenes was dismissed by a single-judge bench, and separate reports claim an OTT rights sale of over Rs 70 crore that has not been confirmed.