Kaala goes for certification; Unlikely to release on April 27

If the reports from the industry are anything to go by, it is highly unlikely that Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kaala will release on the earlier announced date of April 27.

Sources in the film industry say that the film, directed by Pa Ranjith, has been sent to the Censor Board for certification.

Earlier, reports began doing the rounds that Kaala had been censored by the Censor Board and that it had been granted an U/A certificate. Reports on the Internet began claiming that the Censor Board officials, who watched the film, suggested the removal of certain controversial scenes in the film before passing it with an U/A certificate. It was also reported that the filmmakers, who were dissatisfied with the rating given to the film, chose to have a verbal altercation with the Censor Board officials and that they were looking at the possibility of sending the film to a revising committee.

However, sources close to the film unit have denied these reports. They say that the film has been sent for censoring and that work is on to get the censor certificate. Sources claim that the filmmakers had a tough time sending their film to the Censor Board as normally any filmmaker, who is looking to get his film censored, needs to submit a No Objection certificate issued by the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC). However, as the TFPC is on a strike, such a letter was not issued for Kaala. Sources suggest that the filmmakers had to approach the Film Chamber to get the No Objection letter instead and it is with this letter, that they have applied to the Censor Board.

Even if Kaala is censored and even if the strike is withdrawn by the Producer Council, there is very little chance that Kaala will release on April 27 as announced by its producer Dhanush. This is because a number of films that were supposed to release before Kaala are yet to release because of the ongoing strike in the Tamil film industry. Even if the strike is called off, these films that were slotted to release before Kaala will release first and Kaala will be able to release only after them.