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PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Last updated on: June 8, 2012 16:19 IST

Image: Poster of Vishwaroopam

Kamal Haasan is ready with his ambitious bilingual film Vishwaroopam, starring Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Andrea Jeremiah.

The film is in Tamil and Hindi.

We take a look at the film's stills.

 

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Kamal Hassan in Vishwaroopam

Vishwaroopam is apparently a spy thriller on the lines of the Mission Impossible movies.

It has been written, directed and co-produced by Haasan.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Kamal Haasan in Vishwaroopam
Kamal Haasan has also written the screenplay and dialogues of the film. No wonder the film is so close to his heart.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Shekhar Kapur, Andrea Jeremiah, Kamal Haasan in Vishwaroopam

The Hindi version of the film is called Vishwaroop.

Kamal Haasan sports a different and younger look in the film, which also stars filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Samrat Chakrabarti with Pooja Kumar
Sonakshi Sinha was earlier supposed to star in the film but she backed out at the last minute, delaying the project.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Shekhar Kapur, Kamal Haasan, an actor, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah in Vishwaroopam

Other actresses like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Sameera Reddy and Sonam Kapoor were also considered for the role.

South actress Anushka Shetty was almost finalised but it fell through.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Andrea Jeremiah and Kamal Hasan in Vishwaroopam
The filmmakers then approached Vidya Balan but she couldn't take it up due to her prior commitments.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Pooja Kumar
Rahul Bose will play a negative role while Zarina Wahab will put in a cameo.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Kamal Hassan in Vishwaroopam
Vishwaroopam is a big budget film, made with an estimated budget of Rs 150 crore.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Poster of Vishwaroopam

Vishwaroopam has been shot extensively at many locations abroad, in countries like United States and Canada.

It has also been shot in Mumbai and Chennai.

PHOTOS: Unveiling Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

Image: Trailer of Vishwaroopam

The film was supposed to release last November but delayed have pushed the film to July 13.

Here's looking forward to Kamal's magic on screen once again.