Vishwaroopam: All hurdles cleared, ready to release tomorrow
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Chennai:
The
Madras
high
court
on
Tuesday
(February
5)
dismissed
a
PIL
seeking
a
ban
on
screening
of
actor-director
Kamal
Hassan's
controversial
film
Vishwaroopam
in
all
languages
across
the
country.
A
bench
comprising
Acting
Chief
Justice
Elipe
Dharma
Rao
and
Justice
M
Venugopal
said
they
saw
no
"genuinity" in
the
petition
as
the
film
is
set
to
be
released
in
Tamil
Nadu
following
a
compromise
between
Muslim
outfits
and
the
actor.
Petitioner
C
Jebakumar
George,
an
advocate,
had
stated
that
he
had
watched
the
film
in
Thiruvananthapuram
and
found
many
scenes
to
be
"very
violent
and
derogative
of
the
religions
and
races".
He
had
sought
a
direction
to
authorities
to
issue
a
ban
on
the
film
in
the
present
form
across
the
country,
unless
and
until
it
was
edited
to
be
in
conformity
with
guidelines
XII
and
XIII
of
the
Cinematograph
Act.
The
multilingual
film,
made
in
Tamil,
Hindu
and
Telugu,
has
already
been
released
outside
Tamil
Nadu
where
the
screening
is
scheduled
for
the
release
on
February
7.
Vishwaroopam
is
an
action-thriller
directed
by
Kamal
Hassan
himself.
The
film
is
produced
by
his
brother
Charu
Hassan
and
it
is
made
with
the
budget
of
Rs
95
crores.
The
film
also
features
Pooja
Kumar,
Rahul
Bose
and
Andrea
Jeremiah
in
the
important
roles.