In the recent Nadigar Sangam's general body meeting, actor Vishal stressed the importance of every actor n technician in the industry should voice out against the Entertainment tax. Vishal said that Tamil Nadu is the only state to pay an additional entertainment tax and such tax will kill Tamil cinema.
Vishal said that the actors across the industry should come forward to sort this issue and requested everyone to voice out against the tax. In his speech, he said Tamil cinema is struggling to survive in between the hurdles of GST, piracy and now Entertainment tax. He finally concluded by saying that only if the government cancels this additional tax, Tamil cinema will be saved.
The Mohanlal-Vishal starrer Malayalam film Villain which was planned for Diwali release has now been postponed by a week to October 27th.
Vijay, as we know, has a huge market in Kerala and had Villain released for Diwali it would have lost a considerable number of screens Mersal. Now it is a win-win situation for both the biggies. Mersal is all set to have a massive opening in Kerala now.