The makers of actor-politician Vijay's last film before his entry into politics, Jana Nayagan, on Monday submitted a letter to the Madras High Court Registry for the withdrawal of the writ petition it had earlier filed against the censor board.
According to sources, the writ petition would be listed under the caption ‘For Withdrawal’ before Justice P.T. Asha on Tuesday, since Vijayan Subramanian—the counsel for KVN Productions—has expressed his client’s disinterest in pursuing the writ petition against the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
The production house has also agreed to refer the dispute over some of the film's scenes to the CBFC's revising committee. Notably, it had earlier questioned the censor board's decision to take up the Jana Nayagan case at the committee, arguing that it would delay the film's original January 9 release date.
The dispute with the CBFC originally began after the censor board allegedly communicated to the production house on December 22, 2025, that Jana Nayagan was suitable for a U/A (16+) certificate after some minor changes to certain scenes.
KVN Productions reportedly accepted the changes, and resubmitted the final cut of the film to the CBFC on December 24.
However, it was at around this time that an Advisory Panel Member of the censor board sent a letter to its chairman, Prasoon Joshi, alleging that the review of the film were in "gross violation of the Cinematograph Act and Rules", as per a Hindu report.
The APM added that their objections about Jana Nayagan possibly disturbing religious harmony and the improper review of Army-related scenes in the film had also not been taken into account before the CBFC agreed to grant the film a U/A certificate.
By December 29—five days after the CBFC had received the final cut of the film from KVN Productions—the censor board instructed its Chennai office to put the certification process on hold.
The CBFC had also stated that the APM's concerns with Jana Nayagan would be referred to the revising committee, which was reportedly communicated to the production house only on January 5—just four days before its slated release date.
This led the makers to file the writ petition in the Madras HC, which was taken up by a single judge, Justice P.T. Asha, who directed on January 9 that the CBFC issue the U/A certificate, as its later decision came too late.
The CBFC, however, managed to obtain a stay order on the single-judge ruling on the same day, which led to a lot of back-and-forth court debates until KVN Productions's Monday decision to withdraw the writ petition itself.