India, Nov. 3 -- Massive releases are lined up for this Diwali, and Tamil Nadu chief minister and superstar C Joseph Vijay has given distributors and exhibitors timely relief. After more than three years of early-morning shows in the state, the CM issued a government order permitting 6 AM shows for the upcoming Diwali releases. The GO comes right before the release of films such as Scene, Mookuthi Amman 2 and Ramayana.

A press release states that Vijay has permitted six shows daily of new Tamil films across the state between 6 AM and 2:30 AM the following day for a period of one week from their release. For three years now, since a stampede incident during the release of Ajith Kumar's Thunivu in 2023, only four shows were permitted under...