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We have been waiting for over 2 months
now, we do not have a clear answer
yet. Countless Tamil cinema lovers
around the world impatiently await
Kamal Haasan’s official announcement
about his next film. We thought it
would be Marmayogi, but an very inopportune
economic slump seems to have caused
its temporary stalling. Then we heard
about Thalaivan Irukkiran. No one
but Kamal can tell us the facts about
Thalaivan Irukkiran. All we heard
is that Rajkamal films had registered
the title and most of us jumped to
the conclusion that it was going to
be Kamal’s next undertaking.
Whether that was really the case,
no one knows. Most of you would also
have heard about the Tamil remake
rights of the highly acclaimed A Wednesday
being bought by Kamal.
Kamal has always been a man who plans
way ahead. He always thinks about
the movies that he would like to do
in the future. He is not the sort
to wait for one movie to get over
before thinking about his next, even
with the kind of involvement that
he puts into each of his films. An
interesting fact about Kamal during
the making of Singaravelan: it was
incidentally the first time that Vadivelu
was sharing screen space with Kamal.
On the sets of Singaravelan, Kamal
asked Vadivelu to make himself available
for the role of Yesakki in Devar Magan.
That is the kind of planning that
Kamal puts into his films. Now when
such meticulous planning comes undone
due to unforeseen circumstances it
can really set a person back, but
not Kamal. He seems to have ideas
galore in his mind. If all the planning,
booking of artistes, finalizing of
locations and many other details had
gone into Marmayogi, then that wisdom
would be used appropriately somewhere
else.
The buzz is definitely about the Tamil
remake of A Wednesday, which is beyond
any reasonable doubt a ground breaking
and rather revolutionary theme which,
if presented by someone of Kamal’s
stature can have a deep impact on
all sections of the society (conditions
apply). Now, we don’t want to
reveal anything about the story to
anyone who has not seen the movie
because that would spoil the Tamil
remake for you. The next most interesting
thing that we have heard about the
proposed movie is that Mohanlal will
be a part of the movie. This was finalized
only after Mammootty’s name
was tossed around for a week by many
sections of the media.
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Now, it is hard to tell how much of
this has really happened. It is also
hard to confirm without any official
announcement that Mohanlal will be
part of the movie. But if it is true
(one hopes it is) then there can be
few things that are better in Indian
cinema, it will be a dream combination
on screen (the only disappointment
being that the original A Wednesday
has scope for just one scene where
the two lead characters are face to
face).
So much talk, so much speculations
and so much media space about a project
that has not yet been announced. It
happens only for a few people. People
who deliver much more than movies,
they deliver spectacles of pure delight
and awe. It is lot like a Rajini film
that does not have to be marketed,
it gets hyped on its own because of
the Superstar’s stature. Similarly,
Kamal’s unannounced A Wednesday
is currently the most hyped film in
Kollywood. A film that has not yet
come to be is being celebrated as
the next biggest thing. Well, this
is just the lull before the storm.
The real fireworks being when Kamal
deigns that it is the right time to
tell us what he really intends to
do next.
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