By Hindustan Times
Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam boasts of a tender cast and the actor-filmmaker explains that he has roped them in because he was on the lookout for talented people and never stars. Kamal plays the lead role the film, being made in Tamil and Hindi. It also features Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah
and Jaideep Ahlawat in addition to Rahul Bose.
"Casting Jaydeep, Andrea and Pooja was easy as I USED TO BE in search of talent and that i found it in them," Kamal said on the screening of the excerpts from the film on the ongoing 13th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend and awards.
It was reported that the actor had approached Deepika Padukone to be part of the film but she turned it down. "We didn't get the dates we needed from her so we let her go. I WOULD NOT love to name her. Her name was suggested by my financier, but I'M proud of the folks I'M working with on this film," he said.
His trick to make films appealing to audiences is that while making them, he considers himself to be a part of the audience and works accordingly. "Audiences are something that we're terrified of. We're so paranoid of audiences that we forget to understand that we filmmakers also are one among them," Kamal told IANS.
"I have a philosophy with which I make films, it should not be best or will not be followed by others. I take the most productive from my audiences and that i consider myself one among them and make films," he added.
The release date of the film, which has a distinct appearance by Shekhar Kapur, is yet to be decided.
