The Hindi version of actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' hit the screens Feb 1 amid controversies and the espionage thriller, made at Rs.95 crore, grossed approximately Rs.7.66 crore in its opening weekend. ...
10:19 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Against the backdrop of row over Kamal Haasan's movie 'Vishwaroopam', the centre on Monday set up a committee to review the powers of the Censor Board and suggest measures to enable it to deal with contemporary requirements of certification. ...
08:02 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Kamal Haasan issues statement thanking the people who supported him during the 'Vishwaroopam' crisis. ...
07:38 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Senior film journalist Sreedhar Pillai joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the movie 'Vishwaroopam' ...
03:42 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Acting swiftly after government lifted the ban on his Tamil movie "Vishwaroopam", Kamal Haasan on Monday withdrew his petition before the Madras High Court challenging the ban, a move that could see the early release of his mega-budget movie. Justice S Rajeswaran, before whom the matter came up, allowed the actor and government to withdraw pleas after they expressed their desire to do so following a compromise between Haasan and...
02:56 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Actor Kamal Haasan has withdrawn the case against the Tamil Nadu government that challenged the ban on his movie 'Vishwaroopam'. Haasan is likely to announce the new date of his film Vishwaroopam's release in Tamil Nadu. ...
11:50 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Actor Kamal Haasan is likely to announce the new date of his film Vishwaroopam's release in Tamil Nadu. On Sunday, the ban on the film was lifted after he agreed to make several cuts and edits, following a court battle and opposition from certain Muslim groups. ...
08:33 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Are we becoming an intolerant society and is the Indian state defensive freedom of speech weak and equivocal? Those are the two issues Karan Thapar raised with the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor in his show Devil's Advocate. ...
08:46 PM, Feb 03, 2013
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Sunday demanded an apology from Tamil Nadu's Advocate General for statements made by them in connection with the certification of 'Vishwaroopam'. Condemning the allegations made by Navaneetha Krishnan and advocate Sankarasubbu, the CBFC said in a statement, "Every action taken/procedure followed by CBFC for certifying 'Vishwaroopam' or any other film has been done in accordance with the Act and Rules framed by...
06:17 PM, Feb 03, 2013
A day after actor-director Kamal Haasan arrived at an agreement with Muslim groups opposing his Tamil film "Vishwaroopam", the ban imposed by District Collectors was removed, paving the way for screening of the movie across the state. The prohibitory orders issued earlier by District Collectors has been removed, government sources said but did not elaborate. ...
03:50 PM, Feb 03, 2013
While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Boman Irani says irrespective of the content, if someone wants to pull a film into controversy, he will do it anyway. ...
10:57 AM, Feb 03, 2013
After days of courting controversy and debate, actor and director Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' is set to release in Tamil Nadu. More than a week after the thriller was banned from theatres across the state, Haasan agreed to make several cuts in the movie on Saturday before it hits the screens. ...
07:40 AM, Feb 03, 2013
nion Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion. ...
07:27 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal. ...
08:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday met representatives of the Muslim groups that have been protesting against his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' in Chennai. The meeting is being mediated by Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and aims to reach a compromise over the film's release. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan says Bollywood superstar Salman Khan found 'Vishwaroop', the Hindi version of his controversial film 'Vishwaroopam', on a par with international standards. ...
04:14 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Malaysian government will hold a meeting with distributor of Tamil film 'Vishwaroopam' directed by legendary actor Kamal Haasan to find a solution to lift the ban on it. "The meeting should take place sometime next week and we need time to review and find a proper solution to the matter," Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. ...
03:15 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor said he was worried that segments of society claimed the "right to be offended" and pointed out that the expression of heretical views was often necessary for an "evolution of culture". ...
12:53 PM, Feb 02, 2013
