Thalapathy Vijay in Jana Nayagan.
Credit: KVN Productions
Actor-turned politician Vijay's apparent final film Jana Nayagan faced yet another setback on Thursday as the Supreme Court dismissed producer KVN Production's plea seeking CBFC clearance, Live Law reported.
Further, the apex court asked the petitioner to approach the Madras High Court's Division Bench.
The apex court directed the High court to decide the plea on January 20.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih, which questioned the pace at which the case was dealt in the Madras High Court, asked the film producers to approach the division bench of the high court for relief.
This comes after KVN Productions filed an appeal against a Madras High Court order putting a stay on a previous single-judge order directing the CBFC to immediately grant a censor certificate to Jana Nayagan.
The division bench's order had come hours after ustice PT Asha directed the CBFC to give clearance to Jana Nayagan, setting aside the film board's directive to refer the matter to a review committee on January 9.
The release of the film, which was originally stated for January 9, was postponed to an unannounced date on January 7 after the producers failed to get a reprieve from the High Court.
The CBFC committee watched the movie on December 19, 2025 and U/A certificate and the decision was communicated to the producers on December 22, 2025.
However, on January 5, the Regional Officer of CBFC claimed the chairman had decided to refer the movie to a revising committee.