The surgical strike on black money holders by Prime Minister Modi has forced the common man to form queues in front of banks while the state and fate of the real hoarders is as yet unknown. Meanwhile the Tamil film industry is facing a crisis of sorts as many shootings have been stopped midway and other projects that were on the verge of beginning have postponed.

Aascar Ravichandran, the producer of Viswaroopam 2` has opened up about the issue to a leading Tamil weekly and has stated that in the black money world of cinema Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan is the only hero who receives all payments through cheques whether for crores or a few hundreds. The wish of millions of Kamal Haasan fans is for the magnum opus Viswaroopam 2` to release and Aascar Ravi`s statement here signals that an early 2017 release could be a possibility.