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The film was scheduled to release on 11 May 2012 but, due to some issues, the release was delayed. In July 2012 some media reported that the release would be delayed again as it was not approved by the [[Animal Welfare Board of India]] (AWBI), which received a complaint stating that camels were used in a song sequence without permission. The reports said that the releasing board prevented the film's screening.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Ustad-Hotels-release-delayed/articleshow/12961921.cms|title=Ustad Hotel's release delayed|date=2 May 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Shruti Karthikeyan|date=22 July 2012|title=Animal trouble for Usthad Hotel|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/animal-trouble-usthad-hotel-884|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622175214/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/animal-trouble-usthad-hotel-884|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sajimon P S|date=23 July 2012|title=Ustad Hotel stopped from screening|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/kochi/32381309_1_awbi-madhura-bus-malayalam-films|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103210656/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/kochi/32381309_1_awbi-madhura-bus-malayalam-films|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> Director [[Anwar Rasheed]] denied the charges and said, "The song sequence was shot in Rajasthan after getting the permit and there is no complaints against the movie."<ref>{{cite web|title=We got the permits for screening: Anwar Rasheed|url=http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Ustad%20Hotel%20release%20fixed%20on%20June%2029th.-4257-1|publisher=Metro Matinee|date=26 June 2012|access-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701023234/http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Ustad%20Hotel%20release%20fixed%20on%20June%2029th.-4257-1|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | The film was scheduled to release on 11 May 2012 but, due to some issues, the release was delayed. In July 2012 some media reported that the release would be delayed again as it was not approved by the [[Animal Welfare Board of India]] (AWBI), which received a complaint stating that camels were used in a song sequence without permission. The reports said that the releasing board prevented the film's screening.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Ustad-Hotels-release-delayed/articleshow/12961921.cms|title=Ustad Hotel's release delayed|date=2 May 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Shruti Karthikeyan|date=22 July 2012|title=Animal trouble for Usthad Hotel|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/animal-trouble-usthad-hotel-884|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622175214/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/animal-trouble-usthad-hotel-884|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sajimon P S|date=23 July 2012|title=Ustad Hotel stopped from screening|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/kochi/32381309_1_awbi-madhura-bus-malayalam-films|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103210656/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/kochi/32381309_1_awbi-madhura-bus-malayalam-films|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=30 October 2012}}</ref> Director [[Anwar Rasheed]] denied the charges and said, "The song sequence was shot in Rajasthan after getting the permit and there is no complaints against the movie."<ref>{{cite web|title=We got the permits for screening: Anwar Rasheed|url=http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Ustad%20Hotel%20release%20fixed%20on%20June%2029th.-4257-1|publisher=Metro Matinee|date=26 June 2012|access-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701023234/http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Ustad%20Hotel%20release%20fixed%20on%20June%2029th.-4257-1|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
''Ustad Hotel'' was released on 29 June 2012 on 73 screens across India, alongside ''[[Namukku Parkkan]]'' and ''[[No. 66 Madhura Bus]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/news-and-interviews/32604361_1_release-mollywood-ustad-hotel|title=Mollywood withdraws the new release system|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Kochi, India|date=9 July 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202191118/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/news-and-interviews/32604361_1_release-mollywood-ustad-hotel|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ''Ustad Hotel'' was released on 29 June 2012 on 73 screens across India, alongside ''[[Namukku Parkkan]]'' and ''[[No. 66 Madhura Bus]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/news-and-interviews/32604361_1_release-mollywood-ustad-hotel|title=Mollywood withdraws the new release system|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Kochi, India|date=9 July 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202191118/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/news-and-interviews/32604361_1_release-mollywood-ustad-hotel|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Ustad Hotel'' was also released in major cities outside Kerala and in the [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]] and [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Persian Gulf countries]] on 20 July 2012.<ref name="BBFC Ustad" /> | ||
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