Overview
- The producers of Jana Nayagan moved the Supreme Court to challenge a Madras High Court division bench order that stayed a single judge’s directive to grant a U/A certificate.
- According to the apex court cause list and multiple reports, the plea is scheduled for hearing on January 15 after earlier indications of a January 19 date.
- The CBFC’s Examining Committee recommended 27 cuts and a U/A certificate on December 22, but the chairperson later referred the film to a Revising Committee following a complaint.
- Rahul Gandhi accused the Centre of trying to block the film as an “attack on Tamil culture,” prompting BJP rebuttals that called his claim misleading and politically motivated.
- The uncertified status postponed the planned Pongal release and led producer Kalaippuli S Thanu to defer the re-release of Vijay’s 2016 hit Theri at the request of other producers.