India, May 14 -- Fans across South India were waiting all Thursday to watch Suriya and Trisha Krishnan on the big screens, only to be told the shows were cancelled. In the meantime, fans from Mumbai and Pune began posting videos from screenings, claiming that screenings had resumed at their theatres. Producer SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures held a press conference with the Producers Council after fearing piracy of the Rs.140 crore film. (Also Read: All shows for Suriya, Trisha Krishnan's Karuppu cancelled; Dhanush, Dulquer Salmaan say it 'deserves proper release')

Numerous Suriya and Trisha fans posted videos on social media from screenings in Mumbai, Pune and Varanasi, even as theatres across the world kept sharing updates that show...