Speculations that the Sivakarthikeyan starrer Hero will not be hitting the screens as scheduled were suddenly widespread on social media. Rumour was that the Madras High Court had issued a stay order on the release of the film and that the production house of Hero, KJR Studios, had to pay a sum of ten crores as debt. Now, the company has refuted the rumours and confirmed that the film will hit screens as planned on 20 December, 2019.
#HERO – TV, Radio, News – enga thirumbunaalum namma news thaan! Thanks for the free promotions 🔥 Namakku fans ellaa pakkamum irukkanga pola! 😄
To our fans – don’t worry bha! Padam confirm December 20 varudhu! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/ljFDJwcntJ— KJR Studios (@kjr_studios) November 14, 2019
TSR Films Private Limited had reportedly given a loan of ten crores to RD Raja of 24 AM Studios who is claimed to have utilised the funds for the Sivakarthikeyan starrer and later entrusted the project to KJR Studios according to Cleatuss Fredrick Henry, TSR Films representative. But KJR Studios has confirmed that no other production house other than itself was involved in the film right from scratch and that the allegations are only an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the production house. A representative also told the press that action would be taken on TSR Films for the same.
KJR Studios took to Twitter to release a statement regarding the issue.
All the hard work we’ve been putting into #Hero is to bring you a film that is socially responsible & a good entertainer. We’ve been working day & night to do that. Any claim that this film belongs to anyone else but us & you – the fans; is false! #HeroFromDec20 as per plan! 💪 pic.twitter.com/jMG72UxTOr
— KJR Studios (@kjr_studios) November 14, 2019
The film was earlier embroiled in a controversy over the title Hero between Tribal Arts and KJR Studios with each claiming they had rights over it (the other movie with the same title is a sports film starring Vijay Deverakonda).
Helmed by Irumbuthirai fame PS Mithran, Hero will see debutant Kalyani Priyadarshan paired opposite Sivakarthikeyan, along with Naachiyaar fame Ivana, Arjun Sarja and Abhay Deol in important roles. The Yuvan Shankar Raja musical has George C Williams handling cinematography and Ruben on edit.
Watch the teaser of Hero here.
