Theatres in crores of losses due to Jana Nayagan. The controversy over Vijay's Jana Nayagan directed by H.Vinoth and the non release of the film according to sources left theatres in losses.
Trade Analyst Ramesh Bala explained "Pongal was supposed to witness the clash of Vijay's Jana Nayagan and Sivakarthikeyan's Parasakthi. However, the film's release was stalled. Vijay's film could easily have made ₹150-200 crore in Tamil Nadu alone. Parasakthi made ₹55 crore in Tamil Nadu.”
He continued “Since there is no projected revenue, the Tamil Nadu box office could have lost almost ₹100 crore because of Jana Nayagan's delay,”
He claimed that the first quarter of 2026 ‘screams crisis’ for Tamil cinema and that theatre owners could’ve sustained for 2-3 months just from Jana Nayagan reviving the business after the dry phase since November 2025.
Jana Nayagan starred Mamitha Baiju, Pooja Hegde and Bobby Deol in lead roles.