Suriya's Jai Bhim has been certified with an A certificate. Amazon Prime who is releasing this film directly on their platform for Diwali want it to be removed of all portions that the censors had objected. Prithviraj who was the producer of Driving License in Malayalam joins hands with Karan Johar in producing remake of the film in Hindi. Akshay Kumar plays Prithviraj role and Emraan Hashmi essays Suraj Venjaramoodu role. The filming takes place in UK.
Nithya Menen who agreed to play wife to Pawan Kalyan in the Telegu remake of Ayyapanum Koshiyum has been paid a whooping Rs 85 lakhs, says a source. This role was first offered to Sai Pallavi and to many other leading heroines. No heroine with a big market and films opposite big heroes was willing to accept this role as it had little scope for even being a girl who comes only in songs. Finally as the makers wanted a known face, they agreed to pay Rs 85 lakhs to Nithya Menen who asked for Rs 1 cr. Compared to Pawan's salary of Rs 50 cr, this is peanuts. For heroine with no solo standing in any South language industries , this amount is quite high for an actress from Malayalam film industry feels many.
Jai Bhim certified for adult viewing is said to have a running time of two hours and 44 minutes. The censors keeping in mind the possibility of the film raising the shackles of the upper castes represented by right wing groups, had combed the dialogues and visuals . The cuts that they offered were unacceptable and it was then decided that mutually a adult certificate was okay.
Amazon Prime releasing on Diwali feels that given the running time, the dialogues can be muted and some objectionable visuals removed before screening. OTT platform is dubbing it in Hindi- Marathi languages and here too the slogan Jai Bhim is associated with Ambedkar followers. Overall, the film will have a re-edit. Last year on Diwali, Soorarai Pootru, from Suriya was released, It turned out to be the biggest hit on OTT during pandemic times. Rajisha Vijayan who acted in Karnan opposite Dhanush plays an important role in Jai Bhim.
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