India, April 12 -- As speculation and confusion around the leak of Jana Nayagan, Vijay's final film, grows, the Central Board of Film Certification has found itself in the crosshairs as well. After the unreleased film, which has been stuck with CBFC for months, was leaked in HD earlier this week, fingers were pointed at the Censor Board over the leak. The board has now vehemently denied such allegations.

The CBFC issued a statement on Saturday evening denying any link to the leak and saying all such claims are "baseless and false."

A statement shared through PIB (Press Information Bureau) Maharashtra's official X account read, "Reports alleging that the Tamil film 'Jana Nayagan' has been leaked from the Central Board of Film Certificati...