Chennai, Aug. 22 -- The Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) has announced that no new Tamil films will be released in theatres from September 1 in response to a decision taken by the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association and Distributors Association to screen only those films that are released on OTT platforms after an eight-week theatrical window.

The decision was announced jointly by the Tamil Film Producers Council and the Tamil Nadu Active Producers Association after a meeting held on Saturday at the Council premises.

According to the statement issued by TFPC, the decision was taken after the Distributors Association and Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association, without consultation with producers' bodies, announced that they would onl...