‘Leo’: Madras High Court denies 4 am screening plea for Thalapathy Vijay's film

Madras High Court has denied granting permission for a 4 AM screening of Thalapathy Vijay starrer 'Leo'.

The court, however, directed the producers to approach the state government with their request regarding 7 AM shows from October 19-24.

The makers of Leo had requested 4 AM shows in the state for the first six days of the film’s release.

Tamil Nadu’s government only granted them five shows, with the earliest beginning at 9 AM.

Madras High Court judge has now left the matter in the hands of the Tamil Nadu government, in case they would like to reconsider the earliest show timing to be 7 AM.

The Indian Express had quoted K Ramachandran’s petition in their report. The petition read, ‘I submit that adhering to the regulation I had submitted a representation letter dated 15 Sep 2023 to the Principal Secretary to Government, the Hon’ble Minister, and the Hon’ble Chief Minister requesting permission to screen 6 shows on the opening day and 5 shows from 20th October to 24th October 2023. On the opening day ie., 19.10.2023 the 1st show has been planned to be screened at 4 am to cater for the insatiable desire of the hard-core fans and from 7 am onwards from 20.10.2023.’

‘To cater for the unusual demand of viewership the states of Kerala and Karnataka have permitted an early morning timing extension from 4’o clock. In line with the neighbouring states, I had requested the same special show timings from 4 a.m. for the theatres in Tamil Nadu to manage overcrowding and fanfare on 19.10.2023,’ the petition further read.

‘Leo’ also stars Trisha Krishnan, Arjun Sarja, Gautham Menon, Mysskin and Priya Anand in pivotal roles.

It also features Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.

Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy co-wrote the script with Lokesh Kanagaraj.

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