CHENNAI: The Supreme Court’s observation that no film that has been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification be banned anywhere in the country, may have come as interim relief to the crew of the controversial film Dam999. But theatre owners across the state have reiterated that a final call on releasing the film will be taken only by strictly following instructions of the state government. “We had decided against screening the film before the state government announced a ban on it. We will need to follow the government’s instructions,” said Trichy S Sridhar, joint secretary of the Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitors Association. The issue will be discussed next week, when a meeting of exhibitors across the state is held,” explained R Paneerselvam, general secretary of the association. The film’s lukewarm success in other states where it has been released is expected to be a deterring factor. “Even in Kerala, whose cause the film is said to support, it was not a big hit.,” said a senior theatre owner. The film’s distribution rights have been sold in TN for reportedly Rs 2.5 crore.
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