The Tamil Nadu State Government's levy of 30% tax apart from the GST on movie tickets has shocked the entire film industry. As a protest against this decision of the State Government, the theatre owners across the state have announced an indefinite strike from Monday (July 3) and there won't be any movie screening in theatres across the state. The wort affected will be the producers and other stakeholders of the films that released yesterday (June 30) as.

The prominent among this week's releases in 'Ivan Thandhiran' which has acquired positive reviews from all critics and also generated good word of mouth from the audience who watched the film on first day. The ticket booking for the film for today and tomorrow is going at a brisk pace and the film is expected to have houseful shows throughout the state. But sadly this fortune will be short lived as people cannot watch the film from Monday in theatres. This has almost ruined the film's prospects.

R.Kannan who has directed and also produced the film under his Masala Pix banner has now sent an emotional message seeking the intervention of the Tamil Film Director's Union.

In an emotional message he has said he has incurred huge debts for producing this film and said the sudden strike without any prior notice has jolted him. He broke down in the message and sought pleaded for the intervention of directors Vikraman. RK Selvamani, Cheran and Samuthirakani to save his film from the mess. created by external factors.

The director who is an erstwhile assistant of Maniratnam said that stopping the shows of a film that is running well in the theaters is like cutting the neck of a new born baby and broke down.