Popular politician and the current MP for Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor, has voiced out in support of Thalapathy's Mersal and the freedom of speech and expression.
In his own unique way, he has painted the movie's title Mersal outside the Secretariat as a form of solidarity for the film and protest against the curbing of the freedom of speech and expression. This sort of support for a movie is unprecedented.
Thalapathy Vijay's Adirindhi (Telugu dubbed version of Mersal) was supposed to release tomorrow (27th October) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Even the film's trailer was released today on digital platforms.
Now, unfortunately, the makers have announced that the movie will not release tomorrow as planned. Aditi Ravindranath of Thenandal Studios Limited, tweeted, "#Adhirindhi not releasing tom. Will update on release date. @ThenandalFilms @nseplofficial".
The reason for the film not releasing tomorrow is said to be censor issues, as the film has not yet received the censor certificate from the CBFC board. The film's new release date is expected to be announced very soon.