India, May 14 -- Tamil actor Suriya's fans donned custom-made Karuppu T-shirts, brought along confetti, crackers and dhols to celebrate, even garlands and milk to bathe his posters with before watching the RJ Balaji film, also starring Trisha Krishnan. To their shock, some were met with closed gates while others only found out after being let inside that Karuppu's shows had been cancelled. Frustrated fans in Puducherry staged a protest against producer SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures over the delay. (Also Read: Karuppu release delay explained: What stands in the way of Suriya, Trisha Krishnan's much-awaited film)

An Instagram-user named Mubarak has been providing updates to fans in Puducherry since Thursday morning. First, he posted ...