Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ties with her husband, Nirupama hires a private detective to monitor his activities. To her utter shock, certain truths about her husband are subsequently revealed, setting off a chain of events that will change both of their lives irreversibly.
Acting
Haasan plays four accents and two genders without breaking character
Direction
Haasan directs himself through three countries and one fake marriage
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI Indian action that actually bruised the stunt team
Director
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
Rahul Bose
Omar Qureshi
Andrea Jeremiah
Ashmita Subramaniam
Pooja Kumar
Dr. Nirupama
Shekhar Kapur
Colonel Jagannath
Jaideep Ahlawat
Salim
Samrat Chakrabarti
Deepak Chatterjee
Nassar
Nassar
Zarina Wahab
Nirupama's Psychiatrist
Miles Anderson
Dr. Dawkins
Naren Weiss
Osama bin Laden
Mukhtar Khan
Farukh
James Babson
Tom Black
Jude S. Walko
Captain Joe Black
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in Tamil Nadu for allegedly portraying Muslims negatively, Haasan threatened to leave India—then the film broke records in Telugu and Hindi instead.
The Kathak sequence was shot in one take because Haasan's ankle was fractured; he danced through the pain.
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