Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:51:46 (Chennai)
Superstar Kamal Haasan has agreed to delete
some scenes and words in his mega-budget thriller Vishwaroopam as part
of a compromise with Muslim groups to ensure the film releases in
theatres in Tamil Nadu.
But the film will not be released in the state. The Madras High Court has decided not to rescind a ban on the 95-crore film imposed by the Tamil Nadu government last week.
In the afternoon, Kamal Haasan, said "My Muslim family has reached out to me...we have settled amicably...there are no more differences between me and my Muslim brothers."
He warned that it is the government's responsibility to ensure "nobody is harmed now."
Petrol bombs were hurled at two theatres 600 kms from Chennai which were scheduled to show Vishwaroopam. Nobody was hurt; glass windows were shattered.
A judge of the Madras High Court who has reviewed the film lifted the ban on it last night, but the state government appealed to the High Court against that verdict. A division bench today ruled in the government's favour, overturning the single-judge ruling.
Kamal Haasan's acquiescence to edit his film deviates sharply with his stand at an emotional press conference earlier today where he suggested that the battle over Vishwaroopam is a crucible of India's secularism and threatened to leave the country. "I am fed up. I am an artiste, he said, adding, "If there is no secular state in India, I would go overseas."
Taking aim at the government, he said, "It appears Tamil Nadu wants me out...but I will always remain Tamil and an Indian."
His decision may be based on his financial vulnerability as a producer of the big-budget film. He shared today that his house and other properties have been pledged to a money-lender. A film and its finances are not more important than national unity, he said, while asseverating that Vishwaroopam does not indulge in negative stereotypes of Muslims.
http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/am-an-artiste-am-fed-up-kamal-haasan-on-his-film-i-vishwaroopam-s-i-legal-battle-324138
But the film will not be released in the state. The Madras High Court has decided not to rescind a ban on the 95-crore film imposed by the Tamil Nadu government last week.
In the afternoon, Kamal Haasan, said "My Muslim family has reached out to me...we have settled amicably...there are no more differences between me and my Muslim brothers."
He warned that it is the government's responsibility to ensure "nobody is harmed now."
Petrol bombs were hurled at two theatres 600 kms from Chennai which were scheduled to show Vishwaroopam. Nobody was hurt; glass windows were shattered.
A judge of the Madras High Court who has reviewed the film lifted the ban on it last night, but the state government appealed to the High Court against that verdict. A division bench today ruled in the government's favour, overturning the single-judge ruling.
Kamal Haasan's acquiescence to edit his film deviates sharply with his stand at an emotional press conference earlier today where he suggested that the battle over Vishwaroopam is a crucible of India's secularism and threatened to leave the country. "I am fed up. I am an artiste, he said, adding, "If there is no secular state in India, I would go overseas."
Taking aim at the government, he said, "It appears Tamil Nadu wants me out...but I will always remain Tamil and an Indian."
His decision may be based on his financial vulnerability as a producer of the big-budget film. He shared today that his house and other properties have been pledged to a money-lender. A film and its finances are not more important than national unity, he said, while asseverating that Vishwaroopam does not indulge in negative stereotypes of Muslims.
http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/am-an-artiste-am-fed-up-kamal-haasan-on-his-film-i-vishwaroopam-s-i-legal-battle-324138
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