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Pammal K Sambandam
Kamal
Haasan’s next
 One
caught up with a relaxed Kamal Hassan on the lawns of AVM Garden.
A report in a Tamil daily said about ten Malayalee directors working
in Tamil films while the locals are idling. “What is wrong
with it? I was first recognised by the Malayalam industry and only
later did I get accepted by the Tamil industry. The greatness of
our Tamil culture is that we accept everyone with open hearts and
that is where a Tamizhan stands. For political gain, MGR might have
been depicted as a Malayali but in films and in the public, he was
not treated any different. Today the world is shrinking to a size
of the laptop. With my laptop, I can read Screen as well as other
publications on the net. I need not buy a paper anymore,” said
Kamal. “We now have Dalit writers and they are the best. I
think the merging of Dalit with the mainstream will happen only
if we plow the ground afresh and sow fresh seeds. Till then the
anger in them will not subside,” felt Kamal. It was now time
for Kamal Hassan to join the team of Pammal K Sambandam (PKS).
Director Mouli
was all praise for his hero and other crew members for their co-operation.
It came as a surprise that even Simran was praised by Mouli and
Kamal Hassan for her performance in the film. Crazy Mohan has written
the screenplay and dialogues for nine films of Kamal Hassan. Stunt
master Vikram Dharma plays Kamal’s master who acts as his assistant.
Sneha and Abbas play the married couple. “Abbas’s role
is very different from the usual lover-boy image,” said Mouli.
Talking about
the reports that certain scenes from Aalvandaan were deleted in
the theatres after it was released, Kamal said, “A movie is
like a daughter. You can count yourself lucky if you get a good
son-in-law.” He said that the film Narren, directed by Ravikumar
with him in the lead has been shelved but they would be coming together
for another film.
When queried
about Marudanayagam, the actor laughed and said, “I shall restart
the film when I get Rs 40 crores.”
Punnagai Desam
A
sure hit: Chowdhury
 Ten
years ago, Chowdhury produced Puthu Vasantham, directed by Vikraman
and had newcomers Murali, Sithara and Anandbabu in the cast. The
film went on to be a big hit and started off a trend of small budget
films with new directors and new faces. Chowdhury continued this
policy of small is beautiful and today he is known to have introduced
around 32 directors in Tamil film industry. The only deviation from
his earlier policy has been that he now signs ‘stars’
including the young brigade like Vijay and Prasanth for he believes
that the initial pull to the theatres is a must.
“I knew
that Punnagai Desam, directed by Shajahan was turning to be a good
film. The cost went up more than my budget. I thought of releasing
the film just after Diwali to avoid the rush. After seeing the entire
film, I am ready for the Pongal festival competition. Like Puthu
Vasantham, this film will be a big asset to my banner. The Tamil
film industry is going to witness a turnaround. Coincidentally,
SA Rajkumar who gave music for Putu Vasantham has given his career
best in this film. I keep mum if I am not quite satisfied with my
film but this time I am openly telling saying that the film is going
to be a hit,” said a beaming Chowdhury. The audiocassette sales
has already proved that Chowdhury is on the right track. Tharun,
a top draw in Telugu, makes his debut in Tamil who saw the film
has made Chowdhury promise him that if the film is remade in other
languages, he would play his role once again.
The film is
about three friends Tharun, Hamsavridhan and Thamu, who do their
best to see that their friend Kunal wins in a song-dance competition
and become a big singer. Sneha is the leading lady. The film has
cinematography by L Mathi. Singer Malayasia Vasudevan plays the
music director on screen.
Charlie -Chaplin
Prabhu-Prabhu
Deva-starrer in Malaysia
 Prabhu
and Prabhu Deva come together for the first time in Charlie -Chaplin,
directed by Shakti Chidambaram. “The film is about martial
problems. From the title, it may seem like a comedy film but its
not so. The film treats a serious subject with a touch of humour.
Even small things can upset a suspicious wife and drive a man to
the arms of another woman. A small incident is shown to drive home
the point. Prabhu and Abirami stop at a roadside astrologer sitting
with a parrot. The parrot pulls out picture of Lord Murugan with
wife Vaali. The astrologer tells that the card signifies that Prabhu
will have two wives. Repeated trials bring out the same card and
Abirami gets very upset. This starts off in her the thought that
her hubby is two-timing her,” revealed the director of the
film.
The film has
turned out well and producer Khaja Moideen has decided to can the
songs in Malaysia. The dances of Prabhu Deva with Gayatri Raghuram,
daughter of choreographer Raghuram, are said to be very sensuous
and sizzling.
Cinematography
by Sivakumar and music by Bharani are the other major credits of
the film.
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