Topic started by cinefan_2002 (@ allpcs.royal-usa.net) on Tue Jul 16 11:20:48 .
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Read the interview of Dhanu about alavandhaan (Azhikavandaan) in Kumudam. I don't how kamal is in the industry. He should pack up and retire, how can he manage to ruin a producer so much.
Kamal = Cause of misery for others.

Bye

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• From: Rajinidotcom (@ cache59.156ce.scvmaxonline.com.sg) on: Tue Jul 16 22:58:10
  
  I just read that Kumudham article at http://www.kumudam.com/kummain2.html
  
  I was shocked to read that too.
  
  
• From: Rohan (@ 61.11.80.226) on: Wed Jul 17 01:17:54
  
  Before and during the release of Aalavandaan, Dhanu was praising Kamal as it was evident in the T.V shows. When the movie did not do well immediately putting all the blame on Kamal. I think this hypocrisy will continue in the film world. Kamal is not so unprofessional that he will change the whole story line for Aalavandaan.
  May be they should ask Suresh Krishna too about this as he was the director and he will know all the behind the scenes happenings.
  
  May be Kamal should have shown the movie to Sujatha and other top people in the film world and get their opinion first and then if necessary make changes.
  
  Anyway I hope they will ask Kamal about this and he will bring up his version of the story to clear this controversy.
  
  
• From: Rohan (@ 61.11.80.226) on: Wed Jul 17 01:41:58
  
  Kamal's interview in Rediff.com
  
  http://rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/16kamal.htm
  
  
  'I'm working to clear debts'
  
  
  Things are looking up for Kamal Haasan with Panchatanthiram
  
  
  High on life. That describes Kamal Haasan, as he overcame some personal setbacks --- including a painful separation with his wife and children --- when his new comedy Panchatanthiram, starring Simran, opened to full houses all over Tamil Nadu.
  
  Optimistic and ever buoyant, the versatile actor spoke to Subhash K Jha on his career.
  
  How has Panchatanthiram opened?
  Very, very well. I should know because I distributed the film in Karnataka. I sat with the audience and watched the film. Believe me, the laughter never dies down. Of course there will be the naysayers who will tell you it is doing so-so business. So what? The fact of the matter is Panchatanthiram has had the best opening among the comedies in Tamil cinema in a long time. My comedies have always done well. I am grateful for that.
  
  Coming to a less pleasant topic, it is rumoured that you forced the producer of Abhay [Kalaipuli S Thanu] to add half an hour of very expensive computer graphics which he later had to delete on viewers' demands.
  
  Completely false. In fact the local Tamil television channels carried stories showing audiences protesting against the arbitrary cuts in the Tamil version of Abhay [Aalavandhan].
  
  What actually happened was the producer had borrowed enormous amounts of money as theatre rent and sent out the prints too late. To compensate for the losses, the running time of the film was reduced to accommodate more shows. He chopped off half an hour of the film at random to accommodate an extra show every day. He gave a letter of consent to theatre owners to chop off footage arbitrarily.
  
  It is so ridiculous. There should be a law as to who should cut the film and for what purpose.
  
  Abhay's producer has been saying he incurred heavy losses because of your demands.
  
  We had agreed on a particular style and treatment right from the beginning. He said yes to everything I suggested. He was very good with his film's publicity in Tamil Nadu. But he had no idea about how to handle the film outside the State.
  
  He went for overkill from the outset. The mahurat of Abhay was a huge, unmanageable affair, unlike anything we had seen before. But he could not maintain that grand momentum.
  
  There is a lot of speculation about your financial status.
  
  I was doing only one film at a time. I therefore spent a whole year working with one producer who was probably more foolhardy than me about money matters.
  
  But I have learnt my lesson. Now I am working towards settling my debts. Instead of one film, I will probably do two or three films per year at the same fee that I got one doing one film per year. My new film Anbesivam goes on the floors this month. Hopefully, that will be released in Diwali.
  
  Anbesivam is the film Priyadarshan was supposed to direct?
  
  That is right. But now it is helmed by C Sundar. He has the reputation for delivering the goods. That is all-crucial for me right now.
  
  You know directors who have treated me as a comrade instead of just an actor, have always got the best out of me. Even great filmmakers like K Balachander, Mani Ratnam and Balu Mahendra have treated me like an ally. That helped the entire project.
  
  I am sure Mani doesn't take all his actors into confidence. But he would discuss the screenplay during Nayakan. That was really reassuring for me. My chest heaves with pride when my directors take me into confidence.
  
  Is there another film with Mani Ratnam on the anvil?
  
  Yes we have been discussing it for quite some time. But we haven't found the right vehicle. It has been 16 years since we did Nayakan. There is so much vested --- and invested --- and interests involved.
  
  The expectations so many years after Nayakan are unbelievable. Our collaboration is now part of folklore. So we're both a bit scared. There's a dryness in the throat and palpitations. But it is going to happen soon.
  
  Why did Panchatanthiram get into censor trouble?
  
  The producer projected the film wrongly. He screened a song where actress Ramya comes out of a cake --- that is not an important part of the story. It was like promoting Sholay with the Mehbooba song. The song was a little raunchy. And it gave out the wrong signals.
  
  We all worked like lunatics to complete the film in three months. While director K Ravi Kumar was cutting editing and mixing, I got busy writing Anbesivam.
  
  Have you completed the script?
  
  Yes. And a journalist friend, cartoonist and novelist Madan is writing the dialogues.
  
  What did you take away from Panchatanthiram?
  
  The pleasure of working with all those talented actors in this ensemble comedy is enormous. Everything about the film was joyous.
  
  Despite the turmoil in my personal life, the film will always brought a smile to my face. It was just the balm I needed to keep me calm.
  
  
  
• From: Milton (@ 203.116.61.131) on: Wed Jul 17 02:47:20
  
  Thanu's interview is shocked one.Appreciate him,still he has lot of respect to Kamal.
  
  
• From: Rajinidotcom (@ cache59.156ce.scvmaxonline.com.sg) on: Wed Jul 17 03:10:58
  
  Milton,
  
  You are right. He always say "Kamal Sir" even after bad experience.
  
  
• From: Kajan (@ cpe00c049aa6848.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) on: Wed Jul 17 03:35:44
  
  Nowadays kamal is not satisfied with kumutham.
  
  If the news is totally true , then it is not good 4 kamal.
  
  Hope kamal will reply 2 this.
  
  
• From: Adarsh (@ 61.11.81.120) on: Wed Jul 17 05:35:26
  
  well in a previous interview after the aalavandaan debacle Thanu sadi that Kamal is a thorough professional and he does not create problem in the sets like other stars. Now he is saying the opposite. Only God knows what is the truth. Hope Kamal clears this controversy and Kumudam approach him.
  
  
• From: Ramki (@ lunar-gw.zapsurf.com.sg) on: Wed Jul 17 10:32:22
  
  Guys,
  
  Why should Producer Thaanu accuse a senior artist Kamal Hassan. It should be true. This is Kamal's attitude. No need to support him in the real life. Let's enjoy his talent and forget about his personnel life.
  
  
  
• From: viko (@ mcns108.docsis207.scvmaxonline.com.sg) on: Thu Jul 18 04:48:36
  
  well said ramki
  
  
• From: venkatu (@ 61.11.13.192) on: Mon Jul 22 06:11:17
  
  Ramki,
  
  U rightly said.
  
  U buggers why do u see the personal life.. see what he produces... nobody has the right to interfere in anybodys life... got that...
  
  Kamal is acting since childhood... and has given so many many hits... so just think of thanu's fault... even kamal says thanu to wash his feet... still thanu must clean his feet and still say kamal sir....
  
  there is no doubt in that thanu made the mistake..
  and that kumutham man... he is a rajini fan and he wants to put kamal down... thats all the matter... he is from DMK.
  
  
• From: galnextdoor (@ webcacheb12a.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Fri Jul 26 18:50:35
  
  kamal iz a sad b*llsh*tter.da perv.
  
  
• From: kalyan (@ ) on: Wed Aug 28 05:07:35
  
  whatever happens, kamal will resurge. he knows that the silverscreen cannot tolerate his face for more than 5 yrs from now, and hence will do some 7-8 films and will go to a glorious retiring. count on, one with sundar.c (anbesivam),then one with bala, one with mani(ratnam), followed by one again with K>S.ravikumar, and at the end, one with Shankar and then his ultimatum "marudhanayakam". yeah, all these products will take 4-5 yrs from now, but by then he will be having more money in his purse, more verdicts in his favour and more fans wanting him to stay on.
  retrospectively looking, kamal hassan had always defied his fortes and strongholds more than once(eg: fans clubs, family,dance-romance characters,conventional storyline) for his passion of going towaards the new and unexplored areas, and even after his retirement from films,he will go behind the other unexplored areas, yeah, he is the MODERN ULYSSES
  WHO HATES TO LIVE THE SAME OLD WAY, dont shun him now, follow him and you will find a man whom you can admire for a lifetime.
  CERTAINLY, TAMIL SPEAKING WORLD CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THIS MAN WHO SPEAKS AND LIVES ONE GENERATION AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE, and tamil industry cannot just compensate the loss of such a versatile genius,through an attack by the filthy kumudam, and the closest rival Vikram, is at least a decade away from the Kamal haasan stature.
  
  

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