The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) said that they would stand in solidarity with the pro-Kannada groups protesting against Kamal Haasan and 'Thug Life', and imposed a ban.

Right after the intermission, Thug Life takes a plot turn so rushed and so implausible that even a directing maestro like Mani Ratnam and an acting legend like Kamal Haasan, reuniting 38 years ...