Ekta Kapoor, Javed Akhtar come out in support of Kamal Haasan

South megastar Kamal Haasan, who is facing the ire of PVR and other multiplex owners on his plan to premiere his much-awaited filmVishwaroopamon TV, finds a help in Balaji Motion Pictures’ head Ekta Kapoor. According to sources, Ekta will help the actor convince multiplex owners to allowVishwaroopam’spremiere on a direct-to-home (DTH) platform. The multiplex chains in northern India have threatened to boycott the movie and the superstar is arriving in Mumbai to try and convince them to lend him their support.

According to a Mirror report, Ekta, whose Balaji Motion Pictures is the distributor forVishwaroopam, and noted lyricist Javed Akhtar have decided to throw their weight behind Kamal. Yesterday, a source close to Ekta told a leading daily, "Ekta wants to convince everybody that releasing a film on the DTH platform will not adversely affect the business of multiplexes."

The source added, "We already have the support of Manoj Desai who owns Gaeity and Galaxy. Some prominent single screen theatres have decided to support Ekta."