It is well knwon that the Tamil Nadu Film Producers' Council (TFPC) went on an indefinite strike against Digital Service Providers such as QUBE and UFO, earlier in 2018. On March 16, 2018, TFPC had announced that no shooting or any film-related work would happen until the strike was called off, which eventually ended after 48 days.

Later, to ensure both small and big-budget films get equal space at the box office, the Tamil film industry unions had decided to form a release regulation committee which will allot release dates to producers months ahead. Unfortunately, it didn't function as expected by the members of the Tamil film fraternity.

Now, after three years of the strike, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) finds that Vishal's strike in 2018 anti competitive. The commission has stated that the stike and the move to regulate release of films, severely hampered the competitive forces operating in the film industry in Tamil Nadu, thereby resulting in limiting/restricting the supply of films, in turn negating the freedom of choice for the theatres to choose a film.

The CCI is a statutory body of the Government of India, responsible for enforcing The Competition Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in the country.

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