The announcement of the OTT release has become a surprise to the fans even as the movie is still running in the theatres successfully, creating records in the box office.

After a brief hospitalization, he had returned home on Sunday and said that he is recovering from the infection.

Simbu was last seen in Maanaadu, which hit the screens on November 25 and garnered massive reception across and beyond the borders. 

Earlier, the movie was titled 'Nadhigalilae Neeradum Suriyan' and then it was changed to 'Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu'. 

As the movie has been running successfully, Simbu has expressed his gratitude to the fans and audience for their love and support.

The movie team has on Friday unfolded celebrations for this sweet success and they were surprised to receive a phone call from superstar Rajinikanth.

In the evening hours of Wednesday, the movie's producer threw a big shock on the court that the release has been postponed and the new release date will be announced later. 

The theatres were preparing to screen the movie on November 25 so were the fans to relish their favourite actor. However, the disappointing news made headlines that the movie release has been postponed.

Maanaadu has been long-awaited by the fans and the movie is now been baked to serve to the fans later this month after bracing up the episodes of setbacks and controversies.

Maanaadu has become one of the much-anticipated movies of Simbu as the movie is inching closer to the release after the episodes of controversies, setbacks, and external crises.