13 Sep 09 Kamal’s action against Pyramid Saimira

Kamal Haasan has issued a press statement making it clear that neither he nor his production house Raj Kamal International has received any stay order for the release of his forthcoming film Unnai Pol Oruvan.

The actor states in the press note that he worked exclusively for Marmayogi for one year and later came to realize that Pyramid Saimira could not fund the project any further. Kamal also points out that he has lost several offers during that time and incurred a loss of income of Rs. 40 crores.

According to the press release: “I have also caused a suit to be filed in the High Court of Madras against Pyramid Saimira. Probably, to counter my legal action against them, they have decided to go to the press on a smear campaign and they have sent me a notice making wild and false allegations. An interim Reply also has been sent to it.”

Kamal also mentioned that he would take legal action against the production house for trying to tarnish his image.

Tags: ayirathil oruvan, court suit, kamal hassan, legal notice, marmayogi, pyramid saimira

30 Jul 09 Unnaipol Oruvan release postponed to September!

It looks like Kamal Hassan will not be able to keep to his original plans of releasing his eagerly awaited Unnaipol Oruvan on August 12.

His fans wanted it as the date has a significance- 50 years back as a child artist Kamal’s first film Kalathur Kannamma was released on August 12, 1959!

The dubbing of Unnaipol Oruvan is going on and it looks like it will take another fortnight before the first copy would be ready.

Then the sales of the film has to start and it looks like the film will make it to the theatres only in the third week of September.

Another important factor was that Ramzan Fasting period is to start on August 21 and will go up to September 17, during which collections will take a big dip especially in Malabar area in Kerala and Nizam territory in Andhra.

And the film’s Tamil Version has Kerala’s biggest star Mohanlal, whose role in the Telugu version is being done by superstar Venkatesh. Both of them have advised Kamal to release the film only after the Noyambu (Fasting) period.

The trade feels Unnaipol Oruvan has potential to be a big movie and it should not clash with the Vikram’s biggie Kanthaswamy which has announced an August 15 release.

Tags: kamal hassan, mohan lal, shruthi hassan, unnaipol oruvan