Actor Vijay’s latest release stalled at the last minute in Tamil Nadu

A few theatres in Chennai also received bomb threats from a little known outfit Tamil Nadu Oppressed Students Revolutionary Force,who supported the arguments of Karnan,

prompting the theatre owners to cancel bookings,which began on Wednesday.

To those who booked tickets over the counter were asked to

come to the theatre and collect their money. Refund for tickets booked online would be done directly to their account,

sources in theatre owner’s association has said.

“Discussions between theatre owners association and the

government officials were progressing for the release of the

movie,” they said.

The movie was expected to hit around 500 theatres in Tamil

Nadu and Puducherry. While popular Sathyam theatre in Chennai has cancelled the booking for the film. AGS Cinemas said “due to unavoidable reasons,Thalaiva movie has been cancelled. We will update about the release shortly.”

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter were abuzz with the same.

The movie’s official webpage said,”We can update about Thalaivaa release in Tamil Nadu only after we get some updates. Be patient. Thanks for all your support”.

The lead actress in the movie Amala Paul tweeted,”Praying

along with the whole unit and Vijay fans that Thalaivaa will hit the big screen soon.”

The movie’s music director G V Prakash Kumar added,”Hope

the Government will understand and give us permission to release Thalaivaa in Tamil Nadu.”

National award winning actor Dhanush extended his support

to the movie saying,”What happened to Thalaivaa is unfair. I wish they show this kind of effort in making this country a better place to live than just to ban a film.”

Meanwhile,police said they did not play any role in the

delay of the release of Thalaiva.

Responding to certain media reports that the movie was

stalled in Tamil Nadu because of police intervention,DGP K

Ramanujam said,”It is not true. The Police department does

not have any role in the delay in releasing the movie. It is all related to the film industry. Police did not give any advice or guidance to anybody for postponing the release of the movie”,he said in a statement.