One more round of the theater strike might hit Kollywood soon. The Telugu film producers have decided that they will not be releasing any films from March 1, as a protest against the digital cinema servers, and visual presenters like Qube and UFO. This is being done due to the high renting rates charged by these companies in order to project films.
The Telugu producers council has come forward and requested the producers of Kannada, Malayalam as well as Tamil films. A meeting was held by the Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council, headed by its president actor Vishal. Sources say that during this meeting, it was discussed that the TFPC will also join the protest and cancel all releases starting March 1st. It is also said that the online ticket pricing and parking charges issues were also discussed.
We need to wait for an official announcement from Vishal's side to find out more about this. Stay tuned!
Villain, starring Mohanlal, Vishal, Hansika and others was released on October 27 and has gone on to receive many mixed reviews from audiences, critics and reviewers alike.
The film's director B Unnikrishnan has not received the negative reviews of the film well, which have dubbed the film slow and predictable. Some have even called the film's penchant for philosophising as pretentious.
He claims that many of the reviews are "pathetic", and would have been different had it been another director whose name had appeared in the credits. Ruing the state of contemporary film criticism, he has stated that even the most prestigious publications today publish only paid reviews.