The Madras High Court on Monday postponed further hearing a petition challenging the two-week ban on Vishwaroopam by a day and asked actor Kamal Haasan to find an amicable solution to the controversy through talks with the government.

Justice K. Venkataraman, at one point, observed while taking into consideration the investment made [by the film-maker], the nation's unity and law and order also should be considered. Moreover, its that Later, P.S. Raman, senior counsel for Kamal Haasan, told reporters that individual orders passed by various collectors under Section 144 of the CrPC, ordering that the film should not be screened, had been received from theatre owners which have been challenged separately through writ petitions, and the judge had directed that these be numbered and posted along with the main matter at Tuesday's hearing.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)