NEW DELHI: Actor-filmmakar Kamal Haasan‘s Viswaroopam is being released in Tamil Nadu on 7 February following the lifting of the ban by the state government.

In an announcement, Haasan thanked the Tamil Nadu government for all the help and moviegoers, fans and people in Tamil Nadu and all over India for supporting him.

He said the cheques and money which his supporters sent to him would be returned.

The film was first announced for release on January 11, after a premiere on three direct-to-home (DTH) platforms, but this was withdrawn after protests by the theatre owners’ organisation in the state, and the release was postponed to 25 January.

Thereafter, the film was banned by the state government on 23 January which pointed out that the release of the movie would create law and order issues as a section of the Muslims had raised objections.