Mersal is undoubtedly one of Vijay's biggest ever hits to date. Thalapathy's screen presence, some splendid camera work and viral hit songs from AR Rahman helped Mersal achieve the blockbuster tag. The Diwali release window was one external factor that aided the film's prospect.

Ahead of the release, there were a lot of issues that Mersal team had to go through including few problems with the censor board. Now AR Rahman reveals that Prasoon Joshi, the Chief of CBFC was one of the main reasons, Mersal had a smooth release for Diwali.

AR Rahman shared this information through an Instagram video with Prasoon, "Mersal film released as per plan because of this man, Prasoon Joshi. Without his help, we wouldn't have released the movie. So thank you Prasoon for that."

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