Tamil Nadu Film Protest

NCB arrests Jaffer Sadiq: A film producer has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs worth over Rs 2,000 crore out of the country.

Amid reports suggesting that All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) workers vandalised the posters of the movie 'Sarkar' while protesting against the release of the film, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami claimed that it was a protest by common people and not AIADMK party workers.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday took a dig at the film industry when asked about the controversy surrounding Vijay-starrer "Sarkar". Referring to the movie industry as "blood suckers", the chief minister also defended the protests surrounding "Sarkar".

The voluntary removal of certain controversial scenes relating to the AIADMK in actor Vijay's 'Sarkar' today prompted the ruling party to declare that the "issue has come to an end" and that it would not stage any more protests against the film. The statement from Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur C Raju, who first flagged the issue, shou...

Superstar Rajinikanth today criticised the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu for protesting against certain scenes in actor Vijay's Diwali release 'Sarkar', questioning the rationale behind attacking a film that has been cleared by the censor board.

Makers of 'Sarkar', a political thriller starring actor Vijay, have reportedly agreed to remove or mute controversial portions critical of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK government after two ministers levelled sedition charges against them.

A Mumbai-based journalist has threatened to file a defamation suit against actor Rajinikanth over his film 'Kaala' which is scheduled to release on Friday.

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.

The Tamil Nadu government today issued orders to hike theatre ticket prices by 25 per cent against the backdrop of the film industry bodies not releasing any new movies to protest the levy of 10 per cent local body tax in the state.

The Tamil Film Producers Council has said it will not release Tamil movies starting Friday in protest against the levy of 10 per cent local body tax. They said the local body tax puts a strain on their finances as they are already paying 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax on films

No films will be screened at cinema halls across Tamil Nadu from today, indefinitely, as their owners protest against a 30 per cent municipal tax that the state government has announced apart from the levies that have kicked in under the new Goods and Services Tax or GST regime. They have cancelled screenings and shut halls demanding that the munic...

At least 1,100 theatres in Tamil Nadu will stop screening films on Monday to protest against the state government's decision to impose 30 per cent municipal body tax on cinema halls.

As PETA faced pro-jallikattu protesters' ire for opposing the bull taming sport, Tamil film star Dhanush today said he was not part of the animal rights advocacy group and described as an "insult" an award given to him by the NGO a few years ago.

Tamil film stars Suriya Sivakumar and Vijay on Tuesday came out in support of ongoing protests for lifting the ban on 'Jallikattu' and lashed out at the animal rights advocacy group PETA for its opposition to the bull taming sport.

The Hindi and Tamil versions of John Abraham-starrer Madras Cafe were granted a U/A certificate for release, but the political thriller didn't hit the screens here on Friday as theatre owners refused to screen the film following protests by Tamil activists.

NCB arrests Jaffer Sadiq: A film producer has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs worth over Rs 2,000 crore out of the country.

Amid reports suggesting that All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) workers vandalised the posters of the movie 'Sarkar' while protesting against the release of the film, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami claimed that it was a protest by common people and not AIADMK party workers.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday took a dig at the film industry when asked about the controversy surrounding Vijay-starrer "Sarkar". Referring to the movie industry as "blood suckers", the chief minister also defended the protests surrounding "Sarkar".

The voluntary removal of certain controversial scenes relating to the AIADMK in actor Vijay's 'Sarkar' today prompted the ruling party to declare that the "issue has come to an end" and that it would not stage any more protests against the film. The statement from Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur C Raju, who first flagged the issue, shou...

Superstar Rajinikanth today criticised the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu for protesting against certain scenes in actor Vijay's Diwali release 'Sarkar', questioning the rationale behind attacking a film that has been cleared by the censor board.

Makers of 'Sarkar', a political thriller starring actor Vijay, have reportedly agreed to remove or mute controversial portions critical of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK government after two ministers levelled sedition charges against them.

A Mumbai-based journalist has threatened to file a defamation suit against actor Rajinikanth over his film 'Kaala' which is scheduled to release on Friday.

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.

The Tamil Nadu government today issued orders to hike theatre ticket prices by 25 per cent against the backdrop of the film industry bodies not releasing any new movies to protest the levy of 10 per cent local body tax in the state.

The Tamil Film Producers Council has said it will not release Tamil movies starting Friday in protest against the levy of 10 per cent local body tax. They said the local body tax puts a strain on their finances as they are already paying 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax on films

No films will be screened at cinema halls across Tamil Nadu from today, indefinitely, as their owners protest against a 30 per cent municipal tax that the state government has announced apart from the levies that have kicked in under the new Goods and Services Tax or GST regime. They have cancelled screenings and shut halls demanding that the munic...

At least 1,100 theatres in Tamil Nadu will stop screening films on Monday to protest against the state government's decision to impose 30 per cent municipal body tax on cinema halls.

As PETA faced pro-jallikattu protesters' ire for opposing the bull taming sport, Tamil film star Dhanush today said he was not part of the animal rights advocacy group and described as an "insult" an award given to him by the NGO a few years ago.

Tamil film stars Suriya Sivakumar and Vijay on Tuesday came out in support of ongoing protests for lifting the ban on 'Jallikattu' and lashed out at the animal rights advocacy group PETA for its opposition to the bull taming sport.

The Hindi and Tamil versions of John Abraham-starrer Madras Cafe were granted a U/A certificate for release, but the political thriller didn't hit the screens here on Friday as theatre owners refused to screen the film following protests by Tamil activists.