Kalaignar TV owned by DMK First Family bought the TV telecast rights and SonyLiv the digital rights of STR Maanaadu to help the producer pay the outstanding dues and help him to release the film on the scheduled date ( Nov 24). Fan shows scheduled to start at 5 AM in city theatre Rohini was cancelled as the digital provider Qube did not give the digital key. By 8 AM, the FDFS began to roll. STR fans have predictably given the film a big Thumbs Up on twitter. The fans who came to movie hall at 4 AM and burst crackers and danced in front of STR cutouts soon got tired as the show timings got pushed further and finally it was announced that the fan shows were cancelled. Irate fans were seen abusing Producer Cool Suresh.
By yesterday noon, Producer Suresh Kamatchi tweeted that Maanaadu would not release on Friday. He cited unavoidable reasons. The reason was that he had to pay the financier the money that he borrowed. He asked the finanacier to wait till he tied up the TV and digital rights. Star Vijay who after the previous Eeasawaran experience, was willing to pay the amount after seeing the public response. Financier was not willing to wait and finally Udhaynidhi Stalin, stepped in and clinched the TV rights for reportedly Rs 6 crores. SonyLiv bought the Digital rights for Rs 3 crores and Ishari Ganesh of Vels International who is producer of STR- Menon under production film chipped in with another Rs 3 crores. Financier gave the green signal.
Dr Ishari Ganesh - TR and wife Usha ( parents of STR) were said to have taken the lead to rope in Udhaynidhi. Delay in bank transactions from Sony LIV is said to have led to fan shows being cancelled.
Maanaadu, which is touted to be a time-loop thriller film with political and action elements, marks Venkat Prabhu's comeback as director after a long gap of 5 years. The movie also marks the filmmaker's first onscreen collaboration with STR. Maanaadu features the popular actor-filmmaker SJ Suryah as the lead antagonist. First half of the film is said to be a drag but picks up steam in second half.
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