New Delhi, June 5 -- Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam's Thug Life finally released on Thursday, bracing chaos and controveries. The film is now being screened across India except for Karnataka over Kamal's controversial Tamil-Kannada remark. While the film is set to register a good start at the box office, undeniably it will suffer due to its ban in Karnataka.

According to a report of The Hindu, Thug Life might see a hefty loss of up to Rs.40 crore for not releasing in Karnataka.

Producer and distributor G Dhananjayan shared with the outlet that the Kamal Haasan film will miss out on about Rs.35-40 crore gross at the box office and Rs.12-15 crore share to producers share for the Karnataka blockage. The assumed loss was calculated based on t...