The Madras High Court, on Thursday (August 7, 2025), directed the Tamil Nadu police to provide adequate protection to cinema theatres screening Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom if there were reports of threats issued to theatre owners or of the screening being disrupted by any individual/organisation.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the orders while disposing of a writ petition filed by SSI Production, which had bagged the Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the trilingual movie released in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi, complaining about threats issued to theatre owners by Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) members across the State.
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The petitioner’s counsel told the court that NTK chief coordinator S. Seeman had tweeted against the movie on his X handle on August 4, alleging that it portrays the Tamil Eelam issue in a derogatory manner, and since then, his party members had begun to disrupt the screenings in many theatres.
ஈழச்சொந்தங்களை இழிவுப்படுத்தும் கிங்டம் திரைப்படத்தைத் திரையிடுவதை நிறுத்தாவிட்டால், திரையரங்கை முற்றுகையிட்டு தடுத்து நிறுத்துவோம்!
