Tamil Nadu has told the Supreme Court that it is helpless if theatre owners across the State have decided to stop the screening of the film ‘The Kerala Story’ within two days of its release owing to reasons including poor audience response.
“Multiplex owners took the decision to stop screening the film from May 7 in view of the criticism received by it/lack of well known actors, poor performance and poor audience response,” the State said.
The movie in Hindi, the State said, was in fact released on May 5 in 19 multiplexes. Tamil Nadu said it exercised no control over the decision of theatre owners to withdraw the film.
