'Ivan Thanthiran' director R Kannan posted a message on Saturday that his film, which hit the theatres on Friday, will suffer a major loss if theatre owners go on strike from Monday. ""We have heard the pleas of the affected producers," Ramanathan said. "He said the decision to announce the strike had to be taken suddenly as the theatre owners were kept in the dark about the double taxation until 5pm on Friday. "We are hoping that the state government will roll back the entertainment tax on Monday. "Many theatres across the state shut on Sunday itself as it is not viable to pay such a huge percentage as tax."

Source: Times of India July 03, 2017 02:50 UTC