With the welfare of the Tamil film industry in mind, a consultative meeting was held today—Saturday, March 14, 2026, at approximately 11:00 AM—at a private hotel in Chennai. The meeting was presided over by Mr. G.K.M. Tamil Kumaran, President of the Tamil Film Producers Council, and was attended by Secretaries Mr. S. Kathiresan and Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, Vice President Mr. Kamalakannan, Joint Secretary Mrs. Sujatha Vijayakumar, Treasurer Mr. N. Subhash Chandra Bose, and former President Mr. Keyaar. Also present were Mr. T.G. Thyagarajan (President, Tamil Film Active Producers Association), Mr. T. Siva (Secretary), Mr. Dhananjayan (Treasurer), and producers Mr. R.B. Choudary, Mr. Isari Ganesh, Mr. Chandra Prakash Jain, Mr. A.L. Alagappan, Mr. Pyramid Natarajan, Mr. A.M. Rathnam, and Mr. Mukesh Mehta. Additionally, the meeting saw the participation of Mr. Tiruppur Subramaniam (President, Tamil Nadu Film Theatre Owners Association) along with Secretary Mr. Rohini Panneerselvam and other office bearers; Mr. Arulpati (President, Tamil Nadu Film Distributors Association) and his office bearers; and numerous other members of the film fraternity.
During the meeting, several key decisions were taken with the welfare of the film industry as the primary objective. Specifically, a unanimous resolution was passed to constitute a Joint Action Committee—comprising producers, distributors, and theatre owners—to regulate both theatrical releases and OTT releases of films. Furthermore, it was resolved that all members of the film industry must strictly abide by the decisions made by this Joint Action Committee.
Another unanimous resolution was passed stipulating that if an actor, actress, director, or leading technical artist accepts an advance payment from a producer, they must accord priority to that specific producer and complete the film project for them before undertaking any other commitments. Actors, actresses, directors, and leading technical crew members involved in feature films are prohibited from acting in or directing web series. A resolution has been unanimously passed mandating that any such actors, actresses, or leading technical crew members who choose to work in web series must strictly abide by the decisions made by the Joint Committee regarding their future participation in feature films.