Latest Jana Nayagan News & Updates

Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Actress Pooja Hegde couldn’t contain her excitement after attending a live concert by American singer-songwriter John Mayer. The actress took to Instagram to share glimpses from the show, admitting she has been “fan girling” over the Grammy-winning musician for years and still can’t believe she finally got to see him perform live.Pooja took to Instagram stories, where she shared a string of images and videos from the concert and captioned it with: “Can’t believe…

Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) In a significant setback to the makers of Vijay-starrer ‘Jana Nayagan’, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed an appeal filed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and set aside a single-judge direction that had ordered the immediate grant of censor certification to the film. The Bench held that the earlier order could not be sustained as it ventured into the merits of the dispute at an interim stage.The Division Bench, comprising Chief J…

Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) Actor-politician Vijay, president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), will address a key meeting of party functionaries on January 25, marking his return to a formal political platform after nearly a month. The meeting has generated significant interest among party workers and political observers, as it comes at a crucial stage ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections expected in the coming months.Vijay last spoke at a party-related event in December, when he particip…

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea filed by the producer of the Tamil film ‘Jana Nayagan’, starring actor-politician Vijay, seeking directions to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant a censor certificate for the film’s release.In its order, a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih noted that the Division Bench of the Madras High Court is already seized of the matter and is scheduled to hear the appeal on J…

Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of attempting to stall the release of actor-turned-politician Vijay’s film ‘Jana Nayagan’, describing the move as a direct assault on Tamil culture.In a post on X, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha alleged that the Centre was using the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to suppress the voices of the Tamil people.”The I&B Ministry’s attempt to block ‘Jana …

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The producer of the Tamil film ‘Jana Nayagan’, starring actor-turned-politician Vijay, has approached the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed a single judge’s direction to grant the film a censor certificate. KVN Productions LLP, the film’s producer, on Monday filed a Special Leave Petition assailing the order passed by a division bench of the Madras High Court on January 9, which had stayed the direction issued by a single jud…

Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Even as he expressed happiness at the fact that his film ‘Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil’ was releasing for Pongal, actor Jiiva expressed disappointment and sadness at actor Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ not getting released for the festival. Participating in the trailer launch event of the film, which is now scheduled to hit screens on January 15, Jiiva said, “We have made a sincere effort and you all should support it. We were supposed to come on January 30 but this date — Janu…

Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to promptly issue a U/A 16+ certificate to ‘Jana Nayagan’, the Vijay-starrer film whose theatrical release was postponed due to delays in censorship clearance.Directed by H. Vinoth, ‘Jana Nayagan’ had completed post-production and was submitted to the CBFC in December.During the examination process, one member of the examining committee raised objections, alleging that certain scenes hur…

Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Joining the likes of Ravi Mohan, Simbu, Jai and Harish Kalyan, actor Jiiva has now expressed support to actor Vijay, saying to the latter that his film ‘Jana Nayagan’ may be delayed but that it was not defeated. A number of actors from the Tamil film industry have been voicing support and expressing their solidarity with actor Vijay, the release of whose last film ‘Jana Nayagan’ has had to be postponed because of the Censor Board not having cleared the film for release. Jii…