''Tamil cinema has the talent to reach Hollywood levels'' - Kamal Haasan

Following the announcement of the Padma Bhushan for Kamal Haasan, various people from the film fraternity and the press met him to congratulate him on the same.

On that regard, today the 28th of January, Kamal Haasan's office at Eldams Road, Alwarpet, Chennai was flooded with celebrities and close friends of the legend. S.V Shekar, Dhananjayan, Actress Lissy, Ramesh Arvind, Crazy Mohan were a few among the people who were present at the venue.

The Behindwoods team too met the legend and congratulated him on being honoured with one of the most prestigious titles in India. Speaking to Behindwoods, the actor said

"I am happy to have received this award. There are many other deserving people in our country. I am happy for Vairamuthu and Santosh Sivan too. They truly deserve it - in fact they should have won it a lot earlier."

Talking about where Tamil Cinema stands, this is what he said

"Our industry is really getting better. We have numerous talents in Tamil Cinema who have the caliber to take our industry to the level of Hollywood. When people like Vairamuthu and Ilayaraja can go places without any support, the talent bank in our state can definitely make a mark with all the support bestowed from their seniors."