Poster of the film ‘Kingdom’ | Photo Credit: X/@Heromanoj1
Tamil Nadu dramatic rights holder of Telugu actor Vijay Devarkonda-Starrer Empire Name Tamiller Kachi (NTK) Chief Coordinator S. The Madras High Court has approached the Madras High Court to intervene in the screening of the film at the cinema hall in the alleged ground in the alleged grounds in the alleged grounds that it depicts the Tamil eelam issue.
Rit petitioner SSI Production also sought a direction to the Director General of Police, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner and Coimbatore Police Commissioner, which was screening of the film to provide adequate police protection to the theaters of the cinema, which has been released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The petition was given Justice D. on Wednesday (August 6, 2025). Bharti Chakraborty is listed for hearing.
While filing an affidavit in support of the writ petition, SSI Production K. Abhilash said that the triple film Empire It was produced with a huge budget of ₹ 130 crore. It was produced by Sitara Entertainments and directed by Gwatum Tinnuri, who received the National Award for his previous film ‘Jersey’ under the Best Telugu film category.
He further said that the music composer Anirudh Ravichender of Tamil Nadu composed music for music EmpireThe counter -protest said that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) also issued a certificate for its dramatic release on 30 July 2025. However, on 4 August, Mr. Cixon complained about the film by tweeting on his X handle.
With this, his followers issued threats to some cinema theater owners in Chennai and Coimbatore against the screening of the film. “Some cinema hall owners have already expressed apprehension and reluctance to continue screening of the film for fear of law and order disturbances … it has also created fear among the general public and theater staff,” the protestism said.
Pointing to the CBFC whether a film was fit for a public exhibition, there was a legal authority to certify, the petitioner said that political parties could not take laws in their hands and stop the exhibition of films. This would be the amount to reduce the fundamental right to speech and expression and was bound to interrupt the police duty when such a right is threatened, it is added.
The petitioner S. Rangarajan vs. p. Jagjivan Ram (1989) and Nachikata Valhekar vs. CBFC (2018) also trusted the Supreme Court’s decision, which was held that once CBFC could clean a film for public screening or private could be stopped.
Published – 06 August, 2025 10:40 am IST
