Vijay Sethupathi’s ‘Merry Christmas’ postponed to 12 January

Movies By South First Desk 16/11/2023 Read the article

Director Sriram Raghavan’s Merry Christmas, which marks the Bollywood debut of Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi, will hit the marquee on 12 January next year.

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Merry Christmas triggered a huge amount of interest as it features Katrina Kaif as the female lead. It is produced by Tips Films.

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Taking to social media platform X, Tips Films tweeted: “The wait is almost over! #MerryChristmas is making your winter merrier on January 12, 2024.”

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The makers made an announcement to this effect on Thursday, 16 November.

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The makers also released new posters of the film and issued a statement. “We have made this film with a lot of love and passion, like every filmmaker does.”

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“However, with back-to-back movie releases and packed last two months of 2023, we have taken the decision to bring our film to theatres on January 12, 2024,” the makers said.

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Merry Christmas is being released in three languages — Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. The supporting cast will be different in each version though.

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The Tamil version features Radhika Sarathkumar and Kavin Babu. It is penned by Pradeep Kumar, Abdul Jaffer, Prasanna Bala Natarajan, and Latha Karthikeyan.

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