Theatre owners in Canada receive threats ahead of Aishwarya Rai's 'PS I' release

Only days before its world premiere Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 has been threatened by local fringe groups in CanadaAs cinema owners in some cities of Canada prepare for the release of Aishwarya Rai Bachchans film several have received threats against screeningsKW Talkies who is the overseas distributor of Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 in Canada took to Twitter on Thursday and wrote BookingMonday updates I have updates from Hamilton Kitchener and London All the theatre owners have been threatened with attacks if they play PS1 Tamil or any movie from KW Talkies Lets see how other places fare PS1TamilInCineplex PS1TamilInLandmarkAlso ReadVikram Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is picture perfectThe distributors also attached a screenshot of a warning email which read Warning to theatre owners and workers if you are planning to play the movies from organized criminal KW Talkies Saleem especially movie PS1 and Chup We will tear up all your screen and release toxicity in the area and a few of your employees will end up in the hospital We will not only be targeting this Indian movie but we continue to attack other blockbuster English movies We will continue to do so till you stop playing movies from Kw Talkies people Christmas is not far away we will be targeting all big hit movies both English and Indian Learn from the landmark movie theatres they stop movies to protect themselves This will be an only warningWhile the reason for the threat isnt clear yet its important to note here that this is not the first time the threat has been issued against a south Indian film Previously the Malayalam film Kurup starring Dulquer Salmaan had a similar predicament in Ontario The number of screens showing Kurup at two Cineplex locations in Richmond Hill and Oakville had been slashedAlso ReadAishwarya Rai Bachchan turns heads in floral gown at Cannes 2022 Red CarpetComing back to PS I the film is a cinematic adaptation of author Kalki Krishnamurthys Tamil novel of the same name which was released in the form of a series during the 1950s It marks the third collaboration of Aishwarya with south actor Vikram after their critically acclaimed film Raavan in 2010In the film Aishwarya will be seen in dual roles She will play queen Nandini the princess of Pazhuvoor who is on a mission to seek vengeance as well as Mandakini Devi in the historical dramaApart from Aishwarya the film also stars an ensemble cast of south actors Vikram Trisha Krishnan Karthik Sivakumar and Jayam RaviThe AR Rahman musical is all set to hit the theatres on September 30 in Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam and Kannada The bigbudget period film will be released in multiple partsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever