Competition watchdog to decide on Vishwaroopam tomorrow

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will decide on actor-producer Kamal Haasan’s complaint on abuse of dominance case regarding the film Vishwaroopam on Tuesday. CCI was earlier to pass an order on Monday.

“The actor has filed a writ petition in the High Court on the same issue. The Court has directed CCI to decide on the case at the earliest. CCI has been hearing the case and will issue an order tomorrow,” official sources said.

Earlier this week, CCI received a complaint from Raajkamal Films (producer of

Vishwaroopam ) stating that the Theatre Owners’ Association and Distributors’ Association in Tamil Nadu had decided not to screen the movie since it was to be premiered on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform.

Haasan earlier planned to premiere

Vishwaroopam on the DTH platform, a day ahead of the movie’s theatrical release, which was scheduled for January 11.

Since theatre owners protested the move saying it would hit the theatre business in the long run, the actor and film maker had to yield.

The film is now scheduled for release in theatres on January 25.