in Chennai
shortly. The occasion will be the presentation
of the Gollapudi Sreenivas Memorial Foundation
Award, given every year to the best debut
director in the country and this time the
recipient is Aamir Khan for his outstanding
directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par.
However, it is not just the fact that these
awards are far away from any tinsel town
politics that has made Aamir consent to
attend it. A jury member was so special,
his verdict so valuable that even Aamir
could not overlook it. Kamal Haasan was
on the jury that recommended Aamir for the
award.
Now when a genius par excellence like Kamal
decides that a person is worthy of an honor
then no one can turn it down. So, after
more than a decade, Aamir will be seen accepting
an award. It took a Kamal Haasan verdict
to bring about this special occasion. May
be that is the mutual admiration of two
geniuses.
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