Kamal was honored with a special award from New York Festivals?

Kamal Haasan received an award on behalf of the Indian cinema presented by Chris Brown, Executive Vice President, Conventions & Business Operations for the National Association of Broadcasters. The ceremony is part of the New York Festivals International Film & TV awards. The actor sports a trimmed beard in his sequel to Vishwaroopam in which he has three looks.

Visual Effects Supervisor Tim McGovern posted on his Facebook page "I was speaking on a Panel at NAB, in Vegas, with Indian Director Kamal Haasan, film actress Pooja Kumar, my VFX friends Jeff Kleiser and Frank Foster. Then later Kamal was honored with a special award from New York Festivals. It was an interesting and fun day. But I missed my good friend and the one behind this all coming together, Madhu Sudhanan, the VFX Supervisor of Vishwaroopam, Kamal's latest film."