the flim Vishwaroopam Theatrical poster Directed byKamal Haasan Produced by Chandra Haasan Kamal Haasan Written byKamal Haasan Atul Tiwari StarringKamal Haasan Pooja Kumar Andrea Jeremiah Rahul Bose Jaideep Ahlawat Music byShankar-Ehsaan-Loy CinematographySanu Varghese Editing byMahesh Narayanan StudioRaaj Kamal Films International Release date(s) * January 11, 2013[1] CountryIndia LanguageTamil Hindi Telugu BudgetINR150 crore[2] "*Vishwaroopam*" (Tamil : விஸ்வரூபம் ) is an upcoming Tamil -Hindi  bilingual Indian spy thriller  film written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan  that features himself in the lead role.[3] [4]  The film, also has Pooja Kumar , Rahul Bose ,Andrea Jeremiah  and Jaideep Ahlawat  in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy , with lyrics by Vairamuthu  for the Tamil andJaved Akhtar  for the Hindi versions respectively. The film was shot with the same cast in both languages simultaneously, and is titled in Hindi as"*Vishwaroop*". Development of the project commenced after the release of Kamal's "Manmadhan Ambu ", and several of the crew were imported from Hollywood. The direction department was taken over by Kamal Haasan  from Selvaraghavan , and reports indicating a comparison with Hollywood films surfaced during the production. The initially estimated budget was around INR150 crore, making it, the most expensive Indian film. Due to delays, casting took a relatively long period of time, with several of the original cast dropping out of the project. The film was shot extensively overseas, in countries including the United States and Canada, while domestic locations included Chennai and Mumbai. It is the second film (after "Red Tails ") ever to use Barco 'sAuro 3D  11.1 surround sound .[5]