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The suspense implicit the much-anticipated worldwide theatrical merchandise of actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s supposedly past movie ‘Jana Nayagan’ connected January 9, 2026 would present remainder upon the determination to beryllium taken by the Madras High Court connected Wednesday (January 7) successful a lawsuit filed by the accumulation steadfast connected Tuesday against the hold successful issuance of censor certificate.
Justice P.T. Asha connected Tuesday (January 6) asked Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan, representing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), to taxable successful the tribunal each records including a ailment received against the contents of the movie. The justice wanted the records to beryllium placed earlier her connected Wednesday since the movie was slated to beryllium released connected Friday.
The determination was taken aft elder counsel Satish Parasaran, assisted by advocator Vijayan Subramanian, contended that the hold was causing irreparabale harm successful presumption of fiscal loss, intelligence accent arsenic good arsenic reputational harm to KVN Productions LLP. He said, the accumulation location had invested astir ₹500 crore and planned to merchandise the movie successful 5,000 screens.
It was brought to the announcement of the tribunal that the full station accumulation enactment of the movie was completed connected December 15, 2025 and it was submitted to CBFC connected December 18. Thereafter, the CBFC’s examining committee recommended assistance of U/A 16+ certificate taxable to definite excisions and modifications. The producers accepted it and carried retired each modifications.
The modified mentation was submitted to the committee connected December 24. Despite specified punctual and implicit compliance of the recommendations made by the accumulation house, the CBFC did not respond for astir 10 days, Mr. Parasaran said and claimed that his lawsuit had sent aggregate reminders excessively highlighting the information that the movie was scheduled to beryllium released connected January 9, 2026.
On January 5, the petitioner was shocked to person a connection from the Chennai Regional Officer of CBFC stating that it had been decided to notation the movie to the revising committee (an appellate body). The lone crushed fixed for specified a determination was the receipt of a ailment regarding scenes that wounded spiritual sentiments and the portrayal of equipped forces, the elder counsel said.
Stating that the accumulation steadfast had not been informed of the details of the idiosyncratic who had lodged the complaint, Mr. Parasaran said, nary 1 but for the technicians progressive successful the accumulation and the members of examining committee had watched the movie truthful acold and hence determination was nary accidental of an outsider having gained immoderate benignant of cognition astir its contents.
“The January 5, 2026 connection does not disclose the individuality of the complainant, the quality oregon particulars of the ailment oregon immoderate supporting material. The reopening of the certification process connected undisclosed and vague grounds, aft proposal of certification, is arbitrary and not successful accordance with law,” the elder counsel argued and insisted connected issuance of U/A 16+ certification for Jana Nayagan.
He besides said, “entertaining specified anonymous, undisclosed and unverifiable complaints, peculiarly astatine a signifier erstwhile the movie has not been viewed by the nationalist and the certification process has different reached finality, would acceptable a unsafe precedent and unfastened the floodgates for frivolous and motivated objections to beryllium raised successful respect of each movie anterior to certification.”
