In May 2014 , he was appointed as the official Indian delegate to the 67th Cannes Film Festival . As of July 2014 , he was working on three films : '' Uthama Villain '' , '' Vishwaroopam II '' , the sequel of '' Vishwaroopam '' and Papanasam . After 2 years of Vishwaroopam ' s release , '' Uttama Villain '' was released on 2 May 2015 with exceptional critical reviews and on 3 July 2015 , '' Papanasam '' a Tamil remake of Malayalam film Drishyam was released with positive reviews and became a huge success followed by the bi-lingual '' Thoongaa Vanam '' and '' Cheekati Rajyam '' , both doing moderate business
67th Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Kamal Haasan