Efforts are being undertaken to ensure 100 per cent seating in theatres, said Minister for Information and Publicity Kadambur Raju.
Earlier, actor Vijay had met the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and requested that theatres open with 100 per cent occupancy for his film Master. The current capacity stands at 50 per cent.
However, the same has been turned down and theatres would continue to function at 50 per cent capacity. A press release was issued to this effect.
Master is helmed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and the film will also feature Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea, Shanthnu, Arjun Das, Gouri G Kishan amongst others in the lead roles.
The film's runtime is said to be exactly for 2 hours and 56 minutes. The latest we have on the film is that it will be dubbed into Kannada as well.
Simbu’s Easwaran is also another big-time Pongal release and is bankrolled by Balaji Kapa under the banner of Madhav Media. The music of Easwaran is composed by S Thaman. The Susienthiran directorial has Nidhhi Agerwal as the leading lady.