The Malaysian Home Ministry has lifted the ban on Kamal Haasan’s controversial Tamil film <em>Vishwaroopam</em>. The National Censorship Board and the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) reportedly studied the film from the religious and security point of view before green lighting the film’s release in the country. Board chairman Datuk Raja Azahar Raja Abdul Manap said that the Department agreed that the movie can now be shown as it was satisfied with the removal of certain scenes considered sensitive after a series of meetings.

Even though he was fighting for the release of Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan has gone ahead and announced the title of his next film as <em>Moo</em>. <em>Moo</em>, in Tamil means three. And as per the title, the Tamil superstar will play all the three lead roles himself. Playing a plethora of roles doesn’t seem to bother Hassan as he has played as many as ten roles in one of his earlier films <em>Dasavatharam</em>.

While Ileana D’Cruz waits for her Bollywood career to take off with Anurag Basu’s eagerly-awaited Barfi, she has gone back to Hyderabad to work on Jagannadh Puri’s Telugu film <em>Devudu Chesina Manushulu</em> where she stars opposite the reigning superstar of Telugu cinema, Ravi Teja. In <em>Devudu Chesina Manushulu</em>, Ileana moves completely away from the image of the simple uncomplicated girl in <em>Barfi</em> to play the piping-hot seductress in Puri’s film.