The Tamil Film Active Producers Association (TFAPA) has filed a petition in the High Court of Madras.
They are seeking a directive from both the central and state governments to ban movie reviews for the first three days.
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TFAPA is also asking the central and state governments to create guidelines for online critics. These guidelines would regulate reviews of newly released films on digital platforms.
They assume several high-budget films have struggled at the box office due to negative early reviews. For instance, Suriya's Kanguva, Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan, and Shankar's Indian 2 received extremely negative reviews.
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The petition was heard on December 3. According to the latest reports, the Chennai High Court has turned down the petition.
The court's decision to reject the association's petition reportedly stems from a consideration that the ban would breach freedom of speech and expression.
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The petition was heard on December 3. According to the latest reports, the court has rejected the petition.
The court's decision to turn down the petition is believed to be based on the argument that banning movie reviews would violate the right to freedom of speech and expression.
However, in today's world, this idea is not practical in the era of social media. It is nearly impossible to stop or delay movie reviews.
As soon as a movie is released, people will talk about it. Whether the movie is good or bad, people's opinions will spread fast.
A good film, no matter what critics say, will always find an audience. Word of mouth has a bigger impact than what critics or YouTube reviewers say.
Instead of trying to control reviews, the focus should be on making better movies. Trying to stop reviews is a pointless effort. It's better to focus on improving the quality of films and let the audience decide.