The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights holder of Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom has approached the Madras High Court to restrain Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman and his followers from interfering with the screening of the movie in cinema halls on the alleged ground that it portrays the Tamil Eelam issue in a derogatory manner.
The writ petitioner SSI Production also sought a direction to the Director General of Police, Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police and Coimbatore Commissioner of Police to provide adequate police protection to the cinema theatres screening the movie that has been released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The petition has been listed for hearing before Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy on Wednesday (August 6, 2025).
Filing an affidavit in support of the writ petition, K. Abhilash of SSI Production stated that the trilingual movie Kingdom had been produced with a huge budget of ₹130 crore. It had been produced by Sithara Entertainments and directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who had received the national award for his previous film ‘Jersey’ under the best Telugu film category.
Further stating that famous music composer Anirudh Ravichander from Tamil Nadu had scored the music for Kingdom, the deponent said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) too had issued a certificate on July 30, 2025 for its theatrical release. However, on August 4, Mr. Seeman had raised a complaint about the movie by tweeting on his X handle.
