| Kamal
on his journey through Life, Movies
and Rajini!! |
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Kamal
Hassan is a worried man. Strange as
that may sound, he is anxious that
he is running out of time. That he
is getting old. It is a testament
to the commitment of the actor to
his profession that he genuinely feels
he does not have much time left in
his acting career. He wants to achieve
greater things – especially
his dream project Maruthunayagam.
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| Dreams
unattained…. |
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He
says he is still trying to live
his dreams at 19. Which only
makes us wonder, what those
dreams should have been, if
after 30 years of such a stellar
career, they are still not attained.
He is almost adamant that each
film of his should be better
than the previous. Even when
he has made immortal classics
like Hey Ram which is quite
simply tough to beat. He takes
comfort from the fact that India
is now economically flourishing
which will enable funding for
Marudhunayagam from within the
country. Thankfully, the parts
where Kamal Hassan should be
younger have already been shot.
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| Filmmaking?
It’s much like a war!! |
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One
of India’s greatest actors
says, filming making is much
like a war. Where there is a
constant battle between the
outcome and the desired. A legend,
living in changing times, he
acknowledges that his replacement
is probably in the industry
already. Chuckling and reminiscing
about the time 30 years ago
when he and his fellow actors
were in the same boat. Recalling
how the illustrious Sivaji Ganesan
said there would come a replacement
in time, it still took the great
man 7 long years to acknowledge
Kamal Hassan as his. |
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| A
look for technical details in Sarika’s
fatal fall |
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Kamal
was a reluctant actor at the
beginning. But now, he has come
to enjoy acting so much that
he finds it most gratifying.
However, he still likes to be
known as more than a mere actor.
Ever the observant student of
Cinema, he admits, even when
his former wife Sarika had a
near fatal fall, a part of him
was fascinated by the technical
details of it. Talking about
the differences in Bollywood
and Kollywood, he said there
were prejudices at both places.
This meant a cross over was
difficult. Anil Kapoor had acted
in several of the Hindi remakes
of his movie. But, the remake
will never be as good as the
original, the star opined. |
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| Even
if he fell, wouldn't let Rajini fall… |
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Recalling
his special relationship with
Rajinikanth, he remembered the
time when he and Rajini were
starting to branch off. Rajini
when asked why he was doing
movies in a over stylized manner,
had said he would choose his
path and Kamal should choose
his. Now we know, how lucky
we are because of that, as the
audience. Both Rajini and Kamal
did not have any godfather in
the industry – unlike
many do, today. Both started
from scratch. |
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Kamal
indicated that he was always very
interested in exploring the possibilities
of acting together with Rajini. He
warned though, as Rajini had, that
the expectations would be too much. |
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