Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Adirindhi was supposed hit screens on 18 October as a Deepavali gift for Telugu audience. But then, the film's censor formalities were unusually delayed due to political reasons.
As we know, Vijay's dialogues against new tax system GST and Modi's prestigious initiative Digital India campaign turned controversial in the original version Mersal and BJP's activists across Tamil Nadu made ruckus demanding the removal of those scenes.
On the other hand, it was gossiped that the Telugu version Adirindhi would not be released due to the delay in censor. It was also speculated that mega producer Allu Aravind acquired the rights of the film to get it remade in Telugu.
Amid all these guess works, team Adirindhi announced the release date of the film as November 9. Moreover, the film got its censor formalities completed and received U/A certificate from the officials. The total run time has been locked to 170 minutes.
Tamil version Mersal amassed Rs.200 crores and became the biggest blockbuster in Tamil Nadu. Will it repeat the magic in Telugu states? Let's wait and watch the movie's fate.