Mumbai June 11 (IANS) After working as an actor with Kamal Haasan in "Vishwaroopam 2" filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has expressed a desire to direct the star.
"All the best Kamal Haasan for Vishwaroopam 2 and thank you for including me in the cast. Despite me being such an awkward actor. But I learnt so much from you on the sets. Next time I direct and you act " Kapur tweeted on Monday.
To this Kamal who has been busy with his political career replied: "Thanks Shekhar Kapur. We have been planning that movie for nearly 35 years. We have to speed up or all we can do is a political documentary. In that case I won t have to act at all."
Kamal has written directed and produced "Vishwaroopam 2" in which he also plays the lead role of a RAW agent.
The film which has been delayed over multiple reasons for the past few years is a sequel to the 2013 film "Vishwaroopam".
Set for release on August 10 the movie has been simultaneously shot in Hindi and Tamil. A dubbed Telugu version will also come out.

--IANS dc/rb/bg