Released on Jan 15th, 2011. Early morning shows of Kaavalan were cancelled, and the delay issue was alleged to be due to political reasons.

Released on Jan 12th, 2012. Reportedly, there were issues created due to Vijay's screen name being Panchavan Paarivendhan.

Released on Nov 13th, 2012. Reportedly, it faced issues due to the movie's title initially, and later, a few dialogues from the film were muted owing to protests by Islamic parties.

Released on Aug 20th, 2013. Release in Tamil Nadu was delayed 11 days, whereas the movie released everywhere else in India and overseas on the 9th of August itself. Reason? Allegedly, the tagline of the movie's title, which was removed later during release.

Released on Jan 10th, 2014. Reportedly, a case was filed against the title of the film before release. However, the issue was sorted out and Jilla released as per schedule.

Released on Oct 22, 2014. Reportedly, there were protests during the audio launch of the film, and a popular theatre in Chennai was stoned a day before its release. Nevertheless, the movie was released as per schedule.

Released on Oct 1st, 2015. Early morning shows of Puli were cancelled, and reportedly, a raid was conducted at Vijay's home on the day of its release.

Released on Apr 14th, 2016. Reportedly, Theri faced distribution issues in the Chengalpet region, and this delayed its release by two weeks in this region.

Released on Oct 18th, 2017. Before its release, Mersal faced issues regarding its title, as well as NOC based issues, raised by the AWBI and CBFC. Post its release, there were massive protests from politicians to remove controversial dialogues from the film about GST which went on to become trending national news.