Vishwaroopam

Even though he was fighting for the release of Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan has gone ahead and announced the title of his next film as <em>Moo</em>. <em>Moo</em>, in Tamil means three. And as per the title, the Tamil superstar will play all the three lead roles himself. Playing a plethora of roles doesn’t seem to bother Hassan as he has played as many as ten roles in one of his earlier films <em>Dasavatharam</em>.

Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam received relief in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, with the actor-director agreeing to mute certain sounds on the request of Muslim organizations. However the visuals remain unchanged. Says the beleaguered filmmaker, “It’s only some audio portions that are going to be muted. There will be no change in the visuals. So essentially the content remains the same in Tamil Nadu and the rest of the country. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I wouldn’t want my Tamil audience to see a different film from the rest of the country.”

Support for the beleaguered genius Kamal Haasan whose magnum opus Vishwaroopam has been banned once again in Tamil Nadu, is growing outside his state. The soft-spoken Telugu superstar-director S.S. Rajamouli whose films like <em>Raja Ramanna, Magadheera</em> and <em>Eega</em> have re-defined popular entertainment in the South, comes out openly to ask if the Indian Muslim population is being seen by the Tamil Nadu government as being sympathetic to the Taliban.

A timely tipoff from an retired police officer averted what could have possibly been a murderous attack on Kamal Haasan. Apparently this benefactor, an old Kamal Haasan fan, advised the amazing actor on Wednesday to not travel alone under any circumstance, as his life was in danger. Confirming this terrifying incident Kamal Haasan says, “Yes, I was warned. I wouldn’t want to name the kind gentleman since his life would also be jeopardized. But yes, I was told not to travel alone.”

The row over Kamal Haasan’s movie Vishwaroopam is heating up with each passing day. Many believe that Kamal Haasan is a victim of political vendetta and folks from his fraternity have come out in open to support Hassan and his movie. One such voice is ‘<em>Dabangg</em>’ Salman Khan who took to Twitter to support and voice his thoughts in favour of Hassan. He went on to tweet, “<em>Dekho yaar its a movie n thr r only 2 kinds of movies good or bad. hit n flop N only people who decide r 1s who buy tickets</em>.”

He is one of the finest actors the country has ever seen. Be it his tear-jerking performance in Appu Raja or a poignant display in <em>Hey Ram</em>, Kamal Hassan is truly par excellence. Now lot is being written and said about his upcoming venture, <em>Vishwaroopam</em>. In a candid chat with Movie Chakkar, he shares more about his ambitious project. Excerpts… <strong><em> Vishwaroopam</em> , your latest brainchild, was supposed to co-star Sonakshi Sinha. What happened? </strong>