Will 'Shivaji' change its name?

Tamilnadu's language-based politics didn't even spare the film industry. Whenever a film with an English name in its title was released, it used to face violent opposition from the members of a political party.

Out of fear, most producers and directors used to abandon their English and Devanagari titles and switched to Tamil names. It is ironic however that the political parties didn't object to North-Indian heroines and playback singers who went about murdering the language in the songs.

The new government announced tax exemption for films that are named in Tamil. Suddenly, everybody was rushing to change the names to Tamil. 'Nuvvustanante Nenodantana's Tamil remake was initially called 'Something, Something Unakkum Yenakum'. It dropped 'Something, Something' from its title.

Kollywood is now curious if director Shankar would change the name of his film 'Shivaji' to something in pure Tamil. 'Shivaji' is a north-Indian name and the film might attract sales taxes if it gets released with that name. But, it would become an insult to the memories of acclaimed actor late 'Shivaji' Ganeshan, after whom the film is believed to be named.

Question remains- will Shankar and AVM change the film's name to avoid huge sales taxes that the film is most likely to attract and risk insulting 'Shivaji' Ganeshan or will it continue with the non-Tamil name and pay taxes?

Let's wait and watch.

Source: Cinesouth