“It is rather unfortunate that people who are speaking against Vishwaroopam are those who have not even seen the film. It is absolutely wrong to judge a film on the basis of the promo,” said Atul Tiwari, well-known writer who has written Vishwaroopam.
Vishwaroop, the Hindi version of Vishwaroopam, was finally released in Uttar Pradesh amidst tight security on Friday though the morning shows in all single-screen and multi-plexes had to be cancelled due to a delay in receiving the code for downloading the film for exhibition.
Mild protests by a handful of people were seen in Lucknow and Agra but IG B.P. Singh said that there was no opposition to the film.
The film theatres screening the film had long queues since morning and many viewers returned disappointed when the cancellation of he first shows were announced.
The writer, who has also written films like Dashavatar, Bose The Forgotten Hero, Mission Kashmir and Shaheed Udham Singh, says that the hero of Vishwaroopam is a Muslim and there are no negative traits in him. The film is set outside India and has nothing to do with Indian Muslims or even their religion.
“There are references to Al Qaeda in the film but then such references are being made in the media everyday and everyone knows that the Al Qaeda is not involved in philanthropic work,” he said.
Mr Tiwari, who belongs to Lucknow, was here on Friday when he told this correspondent that the Tamil Nadu government should have actually questioned the organisations seeking a ban on the film instead of banning the film straightaway.
“This is almost like banning girls from moving about instead of criminals after the Delhi gangrape incident,” he explained.