Directed by Kamal, the bilingual is made in Tamil and Hindi. While the Tamil version is titled &quot;Vishwaroopam&quot;, Hindi one is called &quot;Vishwaroop&quot;. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/Kamal-Haasan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 562px;" /> &quot;We knew all these problems would happen. A DTH premiere of a new film has not happened anywhere in the world. I am willing to take the risk because this move is going to change the movie-viewing experience. We have a premiere in LA (Los Angeles) on January 10,&quot; said Kamal. &quot;We couldn&#39;t get a DTH deal in the US worked out in time. I am flying down for the LA premiere with all the technicians. I want to show off the technical crew that pulled the films visual effects. They are on a par with what we see in Hollywood. Shekhar Kapoor, who plays a role, would join us,&quot; added Kamal, who also acts in the movie that also stars Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar and Jaideep Ahlawat. Kamal&#39;s partner Gauthami, who has done all the costumes in &quot;Vishwaroop&quot;, left for Los Angeles a few days earlier than the rest of the team. &quot;Vishwaroopam&quot; DTH premiere down South has not affected its theatrical release. &quot;We&#39;ve 400 theatres in Tamil Nadu alone. We&#39;ve confirmations of theatres all across Malaysia and Singapore. In Kerala, even the government is supporting our DTH plans,&quot; said Kamal. &quot;In Andhra Pradesh, the well-known producer-director Dasari Narayan Rao has taken &#39;Vishwaroopam&#39; for distribution. He believes the DTH screening wouldn&#39;t affect its theatrical run,&quot; he added. He admits he would now have to release &quot;Vishwaroop&quot; on DTH in the North and skip the theatrical release Jan 11. &quot;We have theatres in the North India. But not in numbers that we require. We wanted 900 theatres. We are short of that target,&quot; he said. According to actor-director-producer, a multiplex chain backed out of a &quot;verbal agreement&quot;. However, Kamal is going ahead with his all-India DTH plans Jan 10. &quot;I am not worried. If the theatres don&#39;t come forward to release &#39;Vishwaroop&#39; in the north, I am ready to go straight to DTH in the north. After they see that the DTH in the south would not affect the film&#39;s theatrical performance, in the north, they&#39;d want a delayed theatrical release after the DTH screening. I am confident the move would prove a positive game-changer for the movie-going experience,&quot; he said.u00a0

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To avoid a direct confrontation with the multiplex chains in north India, which are up in arms against Kamal Haasan's decision to hold a Direct To Home (DTH) premiere, "Vishwaroop" would be premiered in Los Angeles Jan 10.

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