India, May 1 -- Director Gautham Vasudev Menon's much-delayed film Dhruva Natchathiram, starring Vikram, has been cleared for release by the Madras High Court. The film has had a 13-year journey to reach theatres. As the film finally gears up to release in theatres soon, with hopefully no delays this time, an explainer of the hurdles it had to cross.

On Thursday, the Madras HC cleared the way for the release of Dhruva Natchathiram in theatres. GVM's production house, Ondranga Entertainment, released a press release about it. The note from the film's team reads: "Taking into consideration the substantial investment involved in the production of our film "Dhruva Natchathiram", as well as the livelihoods and the career of numerous individua...