Amid the ongoing legal issue with the release of his final film Jana Nayagan, actor-turned-politician Vijay has finally broken silence on the matter.

Talking about the delay in the film’s release due to certification issue, Vijay told NDTV, “I feel bad for my producer as Jana Nayagan is suffering because of my political entry. I was mentally prepared for this and was aware that my film would be affected due to my political entry.”

The film was slated for an initial release on January 9, but it didn’t get clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in time.

In the latest development in the case, the CBFC filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, as per Bar and Bench, saying that no orders shall be passed in the case until CBFC is heard.

This comes ahead of the anticipation of the producer, KVN Productions, moving the Supreme Court over the Madras High Court Division Bench order, as per Live Law.

On January 27, a Division Bench of the Madras HC allowed the CBFC’s appeal and set aside the Single Judge’s direction to grant a UA certificate to the film. The bench observed that CBFC should’ve been given time to present its case in the single-judge hearing that favoured the film.

The producer claimed in court that CBFC’s examining committee watched the film in December and informed that it would be given UA 16+ certificate after 14 cuts. They complied to it but did not hear back from CBFC till January 5, that’s when they approached the Madras HC. CBFC had claimed that the stall in certification was due to a complaint saying that the film might ‘hurt religious sentiments’ and certain scenes needed board’s clearance.