On Tuesday, Kamal Haasan leaves for L. a. for an overly special screening of his Hindi film Vishwaroop for a Hollywood denizen.
Barrie M. Osborne the producer of The Lord Of The Rings, Matrix, Face/Off and Dick Tracy might be viewing Kamal Haasan's Hindi film Vishwaroop. Says a source, "The Hindi and Tamil bi-lingual Vishwaroop and Vishwaroopam were shot extensively in LA. Much of lighting tricks during post-production was also done in reputed Hollywood studios of l. a.. As news spread in and across the Hollywood studios that Kamal Haasan was engaged on a two-language adventure-thriller several, big names from American cinema would drop in for a dekko."
The screening for Barrie Osborne was specially arranged for later this week. What really surprised Kamal Haasan isn't such a lot that a big-name Hollywood producer like Osborne desired to see his film, however the proven fact that Osborne perceived to find out about the 2 different Tamil and Hindi versions of his film and asked particularly for one version to be screened.
Says Kamal Haasan, "Many experts from inside the film fraternity in India appear to believe that I've shot just one version in Tamil and dubbed it into Hindi. Not true. We've shot two different versions of the film; Vishwaroopam in Tamil is totally separate in language from Vishwaroop in Hindi."
Kamal Haasan confirms plans for an instantaneous sequel. "We've shot some key action sequences for the sequel already. Scenes that required complicated procedures of permission for shooting at particular locations and for which the actors had to make elaborate preparation has been done. I'd say now we have 15 percent of the sequel in place already. I'll shoot the rest 85 percent of the sequel once Vishwaroop is released."
The screening of Vishwaroop in L.A. later this week can also be attended by certainly one of Hollywood's top makeup artistes Michael Westmore. Oscar winning Westmore did all of the styling and makeover for the Star Trek series. AN EXPENSIVE friend of Kamal Haasan, he did the actor's makeup in Vishwaroop.
