India, July 23 -- H Vinoth's Jana Nayagan, starring Vijay in the lead role, is finally hitting screens after a 7-month-long delay. The film was stuck with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) since December last year and could not make it to the intended January release date for Pongal. While the certification board faced most of the flak for it, the filmmaker hints that there might be more at play.

Vinoth told Cinema Vikatan that while most people begin the certification process around 10 days before the film's release, they had done so nearly 20 days in advance. The CBFC examining committee watched the film and told them there were 'no issues' with it, verbally promising a U/A 16+ certificate. This came with the condition tha...