Early morning shows of ‘Puli’ cancelled

October 01, 2015 09:47 am | Updated March 28, 2016 08:08 pm IST - Chennai

A still from the movie 'Puli'.

A still from the movie 'Puli'.

The release of actor Vijay’s Tamil movie ‘Puli’ has hit a roadblock after early morning shows and overseas premiere of the film were cancelled for reasons still unclear.

The shows of the fantasy-drama film that were scheduled as early as 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Thursday stand cancelled.

“Even we are not sure why we have been asked to cancel the special shows. We are waiting for go ahead from Qube to release the film,” a theatre representative told IANS .

According to an industry source, the makers of ‘Puli’ were yet to get clearance from Qube — a company that provides movie-streaming service.

“Rumour has it that producers of ‘Puli’ are yet to clear dues to Qube. As soon as it is settled, theatres are expected to get the green signal to screen the movie,” the source told IANS .

Another source said that due to the >Income Tax raid on the producers and financier of Puli’ on Thursday, they are yet get financial clearance to pay exhibitors.

“Due to the IT raid, the producers were not allowed to move funds to clear last minute payments. This could be one of the reasons why exhibitors did not get clearance to screen the film,” the source said.

Theatres that had planned to screen the film at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. have also cancelled the shows.

“We hear that we may get clearance to screen the film from noon onwards. But we still are not sure about the same,” a theatre representative said.

The film’s overseas distributor Atmus Entertainment posted on their Twitter page on Thursday that all the premiere shows were cancelled in Canada and the US.

Directed by Chimbu Deven, the film also stars Sridevi, Shruti Haasan and Hansika Motwani in lead roles.

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