3 min readNew DelhiFeb 6, 2026 07:30 PM IST
Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan has been held up by the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) ever since they submitted it for certification in December. After many delays, the film is now expected to release on February 20, as per reports. The reports emerged as producers of actor Vijay’s swansong, Jana Nayagan, have neither approached the single judge of the Madras High Court or the Supreme Court, even a week after the Chief Justice’s bench directed the petitioner to return to the single judge.
Previously, there were rumours that KVN Productions had agreed to refer the film to a review committee. At the time, when The Hindu spoke to CBFC Chennai Regional Officer D Balamurali to ask about the same, he said that he was not legally allowed to say anything about the matter. The report quoted him saying, “I don’t have any information. Even if I do have, I cannot reveal it at this stage. All our examination process is confidential. We cannot reveal anything until a certificate is issued. The law prohibits sharing of any such information. Public will get to know only when the film is certified. At that time, we will communicate through our portal.”
Jana Nayagan was first scheduled to release on January 9
Jana Nayagan was first submitted to the censor board for certification on December 18. As per the procedure, the film was then viewed by a five -person examining committee and it was recommended that the film could be granted a U/A certificate, following a few edits. The makers submitted an edited version of the film on December 24.
However, in the first week of January, they learnt that the film was being submitted to a revising committee. This happened after a member of the examining committee raised objections to certain content in the film and believed that their opinions were not duly taken into account.
Jana Nayagan postponed after it failed to obtain censor certificate
With the release just 4 days away, the makers moved to Madras High Court. Soon after, the makers announced that they would be postpoint the film from its original release date of January 9.
On January 9, Justice PT Asha of Madras HC directed the CBFC to grant the film U/A certificate. However, Additional Solicitor General ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the certification board, approached the division bench and got a stay on the release.
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Following this, the producers moved to the Supreme Court to appeal against the division bench’s order but SC refused to entertain the plea and redirected them to Madras HC
After the division bench at Madras HC heard the matter, the court sent the matter for fresh consideration.
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