JUST IN: TAMIL FILM PRODUCERS' URGENT STATEMENT ON MOVIE SHUTDOWN!

An urgent press release from the Tamil Film Producers Council has just come, and here is what it says, roughly translated from Tamil:

"For the past month, the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada Film Producers Councils had decided not to release any films from March 1, for the sake of the industry, as a form of protest against the digital service providers.

In this situation, on March 5 (today), there was a meeting held in Hyderabad where the digital service providers have refused to accept the terms put forth on behalf of the Joint Action Committee.

Since consensus could not be reached, and even though the theatre owners of Tamil Nadu are not extending support to the producers, we have decided that the release shutdown will continue until the righteous demands of producers are met."