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A day ahead of the release of Dhanush’s much-awaited Karnan, the Tamil Nadu government announced a slew of restrictions amid rising cases of the coronovirus in the state.
As per the government’s announcement, theatres have to function with 50 per cent capacity.
However, that has not deterred the makers of Karnan as they are determined to go ahead with the release as scheduled.
As promised #Karnan will arrive to theatres tomorrow. As per the need guidelines of our Govt #Karnan will be screened with 50% capacity in theatres along with proper safety measures. I kindly request everyone to provide your support for #Karnan @dhanushkraja @mari_selvaraj
— Kalaippuli S Thanu (@theVcreations) April 8, 2021
“As promised #Karnan will arrive to theatres tomorrow. As per the need guidelines of our Govt #Karnan will be screened with 50% capacity in theatres along with proper safety measures. I kindly request everyone to provide your support for #Karnan (sic),” wrote Kalaippuli S Thanu on his Twitter page.
The second wave of the coronavirus is forcing the state governments to impose strict measures to break the virus chain, adding to the woes of the Indian film industry that is already on its knees. Many high-profile films that were supposed to open in theatres were postponed, much to the distress of the theatre owners.
In the meantime, the Karnataka government also reintroduced the 50 per cent cap on the occupancy, delivering a shock to the makers of the newly released film, Yuvarathnaa, while the same restriction has remained in force in Kerala since January.
Karnan is written and directed by Mari Selvaraj. Besides Dhanush, it stars Lal, Yogi Babu, Natarajan Subramaniam, Rajisha Vijayan, Gouri G. Kishan and others.
The official audio of the film was launched a week ago in the presence of Karnan team and its producer Kalaipuli S Thanu.
