Some representatives of the outfits, Chandra Haasan, brother of the actor, and home secretary R Rajagopal met informally earlier in the day to prepare the ground for talks, a day after chief minister Jayalalithaa offered that her government would broker peace between Muslim groups and Kamal.
But there was no sign of any meeting in the evening nor any official word on it.
Mohammed Hanifa of the Federation of Tamil Nadu Muslims Social and Political Organisations had said earlier that they were ready for talks and had given it in writing to the government.
"We want a settlement on the issue. We are confident our demands will be accepted and the film be released," he said.
Hanifa declined to comment on reports that they had sought Kamal's presence during the meeting.
Breaking her week-long silence on the government's decision to ban the movie that stirred a national controversy, Jayalalithaa had on Thursday offered to facilitate an amicable settlement if Kamal and the Muslim groups came together.
"If Muslim organisations and Kamal Haasan are ready to sit down and work out an amicable agreement, if he agrees to delete certain portions that are objectionable, then the decks would be cleared for screening of the movie, then Tamil Nadu government will do that to facilitate such an amicable settlement," she had said.
Film personalities have welcomed Jayalalithaa's initiative to facilitate resolution of the crisis arising out of the ban on the Rs 100 crore movie, made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and earlier scheduled for a release on January 25.
Kamal had last Tuesday secured interim relief from a single judge who had allowed its release, but a division bench set it aside. The matter will come up for hearing on February 6.
Meanwhile, a PIL was filed in Madras high court on Friday, seeking a direction to authorities to ban public exhibition of the movie in in its present form across India, unless edited.
Advocate C Jebakumar George, in his PIL, submitted he had watched the film in Thiruvananthapuram and found many scenes 'very violent' and 'derogative' of religions and races.
'Vishwaroop' opens to good response in North India
The Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' opened to good response in the Northern region on Friday, with multiplex owners claiming that the controversy surrounding the movie has generated more curiosity among the audience.
Titled 'Vishwaroop', the film saw an average occupancy of about 50 to 60 per cent across theatres in north India on Friday without any untoward incident barring some protests in Lucknow.
"The film has generated quite a lot of hype and the controversy seems to have turned out to be a positive publicity here. The occupancy rates were about 60 to 70 per cent today across DT Cinemas and we expect it to go up to 100 per cent over the weekend," DT cinemas spokesperson Anant Verma said.
'Vishwaroop' has been given three to four shows per day in the 18 odd screens that DT Cinemas have in Delhi and there have been no disruptions in the screenings here, he said.
"I have heard of some problems in UP, but in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab shows have been conducted peacefully," Verma said, adding that the advance bookings for the film have also been good.
Despite facing a ban in Tamil Nadu and minor problems in the neighbouring states, the film has seen a good response both in southern and northern regions.
"The movie has done exceptionally well with occupancy of 80 per cent plus in south zone and 50 per cent in north zone respectively and we are expecting it to rise further in the coming weekend. As far as the advance booking is concerned, it is expected to rise in the coming weeks especially over the weekends," PVR Pictures president Kamal Gianchandani said in a statement.
There were some protests by a Muslim group in Lucknow, demanding that "objectionable portions be deleted" and the film be "banned from release in Uttar Pradesh".
'Vishwaroop' however released in the UP capital amidst tight security. Force was deployed in strength around the theatres and malls running the film.
The film had a smooth release in Kanpur, UP, with 27 shows in four multiplexes and three single-screen theatres with a good turnout.
"We didn't have any directive related to the film from the administration to stop the release. So the film has released smoothly in theatres. We have not received any report of trouble from any theatre," Kanpur DM MP Agrawal said.
'Vishwaroop' released on Friday alongwith Deepa Mehta's 'Midnight's Children' and Bejoy Nambiar's 'David'.
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