 On 31 July 2013 , the Nationalist political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 's film wing threatened to disrupt the film 's premiere ; it reportedly attempted to dislodge ongoing popular Marathi movies from cinemas that show only one film at a time . The party was upset with reports that the distributors of Chennai Express had demanded prime slots in single screen cinemas , and at some multiplexes , where the superhit Marathi film Duniyadari had been popular since 19 July . On 1 August 2013 , both the film directors , Rohit Shetty and Sanjay Jadhav were called on by Raj Thackeray to find a solution . After listening to both parties , Thackeray ruled that if Duniyadari was not removed from single screen cinemas across the state , then the MNS would not object to the release of Chennai Express in Maharashtra . 
