Topic started by review (@ cache130.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on Fri Jun 4 13:33:48 EDT 2004.
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With a good performance of a hunchback with "kalyanaraman" teeth, Surya is following the footsteps of the legendary kamal hassan.

Is he another Kamal in the making? Let us wish him good luck.

Responses:

• From: Sombu (@ 203.127.160.147) on: Fri Jun 4 23:25:49 EDT 2004
  
  i dont think anyone should be compared to kamal. he has been acting for way too long. But surya is a promising young actor who is making the right moves with projects. he will make a name for himself just the way his father did. a youthful actor wit lots of promise. i am a fan of kamal and in recent times i have also become a fan of surya. surya is an unpolished gem who can only get better. all the best to the junior markandeyan
  
  
• From: chinjukuttan (@ proxy1.iitm.ac.in) on: Sat Jun 5 05:46:07 EDT 2004
  
  1) kamal knows only to cry but our surya proved in PERAZHAGAN.
  2)please advice kamal not to select heroins of his daughter age.
  
  
• From: review (@ cache130.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Sat Jun 5 10:51:50 EDT 2004
  
  3 national acting awards and a innumerable other awards cannot be won just by 'crying,.
  
  Kamal Hassan is a trend setter in the tamil film business. Meaning...what he starts and does first,the others follow...So let's treat him with more respect.
  
  But Surya has really blossomed into a fine actor.
  Let's also wish him all the very best.
  
  
• From: a rajini fan (@ 61.1.255.236) on: Sat Jun 12 17:36:19 EDT 2004
  
  surya is waaaaaaay above kamal.
  kamal has played so many police offcers.but can he dream of a performance like what surya gave in "KAAKKA KAAKKA"?
  
  
• From: vaishu... (@ 1cust107.tnt26.dfw9.da.uu.net) on: Sun Jun 13 19:27:33 EDT 2004
  
  how can anyone compare surya to the great kamal!!!HELLO...vikram atleast is pretty good.
  surya is more like prabu/karthi...good performance but not superstar stuff...
  
  
• From: Kavitha (@ tide74.microsoft.com) on: Mon Jun 14 14:06:22 EDT 2004
  
  Surya is a podiyan. Don't compare a podiyan with a legend call Kamal. Let us give Surya another 20 to 25 years and see where he stands (if at all he survives that long!)
  
  
• From: Surya (@ adsl-64-166-143-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Mon Jun 14 15:35:08 EDT 2004
  
  Kavitha,
  he can't be compared now, I mean Kamal himself couldn't be compared with Shivaji when he was acting in movies like Moondru Mudichu, etc.etc. (is fairly beggining days) But i think that Surya will sooner or later become another Kamal, later in his career. Look at the movies and the performences that he's given.
  Peralagan. (amazing performence)
  Kaaka Kaaka (Very Good performence)
  Pithamagan (excelent!)
  Aitha Eluthu (Very good.)
  In about another three to five years I think that Surya will be racing past Ajith and Vikram. Vikram is going to loose to surya if he keeps doing the same old masala over and over again. Like Saamy, Dhool, Arul, etc. Hopefully Anniyan will bring Vikram up.
  
  
• From: ukw (@ 128.252.181.24) on: Mon Jun 14 18:58:29 EDT 2004
  
  I think it is insult to young enthusiastic and aggressive actor like Surya to compare him with old and career ending KH. Please dont insult Surya with such an old, egoistic, crazy actor KH. Let Surya be what he is.
  
  Check this out: Have anyone heard of a guy cutting his own hand and using that hand to beat up other people????
  Nobody but KH and his father Srinivasa Iyengar had seen that. May be one will get more energy and balance if he cuts his own one hand and beats other people using that hand instead of using the knife itself. Nobody knows about villages and village people but KH and his dad. That is what that old clown thinks. Check latest DinamaNi if anyone wants know this bs story in detail. I dont think Surya ever talks some nonsense like this, at least.
  
  
• From: Surya (@ adsl-64-166-143-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Mon Jun 14 19:25:17 EDT 2004
  
  ....anywayz,
  No matter what u say UKW, Kamal Hassan is the best actor in tamil filmdom, right now. Even Shivaji, The best actor that The Tamil filmdom had, said that Kamal is the only one that can take his place, not even his son, prabhu. No matter of what anyone says, everyone know that Kamal is a hell of an actor.
  
  
• From: Jeeva (@ cache59.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Mon Jun 14 23:12:48 EDT 2004
  
  Looks like more youngsters are doing ery such as Soorya, Madhavan, Vikram and Ahith. All this actors can over take Kamal in matter of time. Definatley, Kamal is the best now.
  
  
• From: Surya (@ adsl-64-166-143-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Tue Jun 15 19:19:41 EDT 2004
  
  NO one can beat Kamal, he is in a different leauge.
  
  
• From: Kavitha (@ tide74.microsoft.com) on: Tue Jun 15 21:31:15 EDT 2004
  
  yes, well said Surya. Some pepole who get carried away by emotions start these kinda threads like "Can Surya become another Kamal Haasan?" BLAH BLAH BLAH etc... I would think if this thread is started after 20 years or so like in 2025 A.D (If surya is still acting that long) then it makes sense... Tomorrow, someone will start a thread asking can Simbhu become next Rajini blah blah blah...
  
  Just becaose surya has sticked some buckle-tooth on his face doesn't make him "another Kamal Haasan". Before comparing ppl, folks should set appropriate standards.
  
  Surya has performed very well in his last 3 movies. He is showing lots of promise and he needs to be given some more years of time to consistently perform over a period of time and establish himself as an actor with "star value". Until then comapring current actors with the greats is nothing but a comedy.
  
  
• From: SayangMa (@ j191.ttk34.jaring.my) on: Fri Jun 18 06:11:21 EDT 2004
  
  Surya will become more better actor than GATAL kamal Hassan. Surya nalla nadikirangge. Kamal Hassan poi pomnelle pinnadi alaiye sollungge. Avuthu podu paduke solungge. Surya appadi ille, nalla decent na nadikum. I LIKE SURYA***
  
  
• From: vaishu.. (@ 1cust138.tnt26.dfw9.da.uu.net) on: Fri Jun 18 15:31:39 EDT 2004
  
  hello...
  are you trying to say surya doesn't womanise???every actor does..no one is an exception...please understand that...
  PLEASE DO NOT UNDERMINE KAMAL'S TALENT BCOS OF HIS CHARECTER IN PERSONAL LIFE!!!
  EXCUSE ME!!
  kamal's given so many memorable movies that reached the audience(by which i mean BIG HITS)...
  can surya ever reach that??i doubt it..he's given but one TRUE hit in KK...all others r just average..
  he acts well..but can he be compared to KAMAL???& so many others act well too..please do not pass such statements that will be obsolete in another year's time..
  thanks!
  
  
• From: a rajini fan (@ 61.1.255.130) on: Fri Jun 18 16:35:09 EDT 2004
  
  vaishu,
  who r u 2 say that every actor is a womanizer?stop talking nonsense.kamalhaasan is the biggest womaniser.vani,sarika,simran,gauthami,rohini & who else.i dont know.i think hes gonna die of AIDS.
  
  
• From: Surya (@ adsl-64-166-143-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Fri Jun 18 19:24:34 EDT 2004
  
  ///Tomorrow, someone will start a thread asking can Simbhu become next Rajini blah blah blah... ///
  Kavitha,
  there is already a thread in this forum like that.
  
  
• From: Mukundhan. (@ 199.72.12.119) on: Fri Jun 18 22:41:32 EDT 2004
  
  I think that Surya hasn't acted in enough movies to be compared with the great Kamal Hassan. But he has done stunning acting in movies so far.
  
  
• From: review (@ cache130.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Sat Jun 19 06:27:22 EDT 2004
  
  Kamal Hassan is not just a great tamil actor. He is one of the greatest actors that INDIAN cimema has ever seen.A name that is respected across the length and breadth of the country. A true legend.A striding collosus of Indian movies.
  
  We as a tamils should be proud that this man was born in tamil nadu.
  
  But I see a bit of Kamal Hassan in Surya. He also has good looks,the same urge to experiment and give quality performances. I think one day he may become another Kamal.
  
  
• From: Surya (@ 1cust9.tnt7.krk1.da.uu.net) on: Sat Jun 19 19:28:40 EDT 2004
  
  Kamal is a living legend. It will take a lot of years for Surya (at least 10 years) to consistenly perform as an actor and at the same time be succesful at box office. At this point, I can tell that surya has that potential & become a good ator like his father siva kumar.
  
  But Can surya become Kamal Hassan?
  Well, honestly, I doubt it.
  
  
• From: sarala (@ j57.ttk36.jaring.my) on: Mon Jun 21 05:46:19 EDT 2004
  
  Of course, he can be more better than Kamal Hassan. The History always change.
  
  
• From: vaishu.. (@ 1cust3.tnt26.dfw9.da.uu.net) on: Mon Jun 21 14:08:29 EDT 2004
  
  dear 'a rajini fan'...
  what i say is the truth...isn't it a known fact that there is a lot of 'free' expression going on in the film industries?i mean all over the world..be it hollywood,bollywood,kollywood..whatever!
  it is but natural when actors/actresses get to meet members of the opp sex with no strings attached..
  please ask anyone who is a little aware of the film industry & they will confirm this..
  as far as i hear only 'nambiyar' is a true husband in the tamil industry...
  so when everyone is that way..why condemn kamalhassan?he's after a GREAT actor...
  
  
• From: anand (@ 210.18.90.1.sify.net) on: Tue Jun 22 02:51:44 EDT 2004
  
  Kavitha says surya is a podiyan compared to kamal. True. But she would have read the story of david v/s goliath.
  
  Surya will definitely catch up with kamal in the long run & surpass him.
  
  Kamal, for all his talents, could (& will) never overtake Sivaji.
  
  
  
• From: Indian in America (@ x130-65-37-145.sjsu.edu) on: Fri Jun 25 13:48:44 EDT 2004
  
  All u guys should just stop comparing the younger actors with legends like Rajini and Kamal....It's a different race all-together. You can't compare the timings of a 100-meter runner with a marathon-runner, though both are runners, cos the league is just different ... Pls understand this and try to appreciate the different efforts and talents portrayed by every actor ... GOD BLESS INDIAN CINEMA !!
  
  

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