The movie will be released in Tamil and Telugu on January 25, while the date for the release of the Hindi version, Vishwaroop, has not been decided, said Haasan. He was speaking at a joint press meet with the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association and exhibitors’ associations who had protested earlier.
Commeting on the DTH release, he said, “I am not saying that it will be a premier. I have changed my mind about having a premier for now. I can only discuss with my DTH partners and tell you when the next DTH, which should be close to the release and how close, how far is a decision we have to take.”
He added that he has started discussion with the DTH players from yesterday evening, and a decision would be taken with “Me taking the side of the film industry and thinking and they (DTH companies) taking their side and letting me know what will be suitable, we will come to an amicable conclusion and I am very sure, since I am also a partner in your distribution, will take care of both our interest while I talk to them.”
Kamal Haasan also said that he would not be able to commit whether DTH release and theatre release would be on the same day, without discussing with the DTH partners. An announcement in this regard can be expected in another around 4-5 days. “I have not said that both will be together. I said I am looking at it,” he added.
Meanwhile, he reiterated his stand on the benefits of airing the movie on DTH, saying that he will go forth with his DTH operations. “DTH is a good vision and it seems to be working. The advanced bookings in the theatres inspite of the audience knowing that there will be DTH in the previous night, has been good,” he said.
However, some of the DTH companies has started paying back the booking amount they collected from customers, for the premier which was planned to be aired on January 10, a day prior to the actual release date of the movie announced earlier.
Wasn't he knowing that there will always be low subscriber in this new experiment. Real thing is that he was trying to make himself God of South Indian Film Industry but now he is back on his " Aukaat ". He would have cancelled the DTH Release entirely but now that he had signed contract with all 6 DTH operators, backing out will lead him into legal trouble and he would have to shell out large sum of money.
