UV, super explanation...Quote:
Originally Posted by Unmai Vilambi
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UV, super explanation...Quote:
Originally Posted by Unmai Vilambi
thanks Lio, Ravi & CR :smile2:
Film festivals are temples of learning: Kamal Haasan
Describing himself as an “extramural student of cinema,” actor Kamal Haasan said here on Sunday that film festivals were “temples of learning” where he went to learn.
“I never went to an institute. My earliest memories are of cinema. I came to act when I was three-and-a-half. All my learning has been through studios, film festivals and films, especially film festivals,” he told journalists at an interactive session at the Netaji Research Centre in the city.
Mr. Haasan, who was in the city to attend the inauguration of 19 Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) later in the day, said Kolkata held a “special position” as far as cinema was concerned. Kolkata was a city from where “pioneers” in Indian cinema had emerged. “What is close to my heart is the fact that film societies were born here, and now the film festival… I think it will be an apex film festival.”
“This is a versatile modern art,” Mr. Haasan said when he was asked about an article in Frontline that said two of his real life heroes — Mahatma Gandhi and Periyar — hated cinema. “There is no use disrespecting it.”
Responding to a question whether his decision to attend the film festival was because the State government did not ban the screening of his film Vishwaroopam, Mr. Hasan said “it is not a matter of give and take.”
“Because… I might be wrong the next time. Then they [the State government] are not going to support me. They felt the voice was right… they supported me. I am not a political animal at all,” he said.
Mr. Haasan said it was not the first time he got Kolkata’s support. It happened on an earlier occasion when certain people opposed the screening of his film Hey Ram.
‘Every Indian’s dilemma’
Earlier in the day, after visiting the house of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Mr. Haasan said the dilemma before every Indian was: which is the right path… the martial path of Bose or ‘Ahimsa’ of Mahatma Gandhi. “It is a very difficult question to answer even in today’s world. Even America is trying to answer the question…. Some of the most educated and affluent societies in Europe are unable to give an answer…..which is the right way to approach differences?”
“To practical men, both have their limitations… Ours is a young world, a merely 10,000-year-old civilisation… and it is very wrong to judge what is right or what is wrong,” Mr. Haasan said.
On the difference between the two leaders, he said, “their routes were different, but they were heading towards the same destination,” though people claim they were opposed to each other.
People in Bengal know that it was Bose who gave Mahatma Gandhi the title ‘Father of the Nation.’ But people in other parts of the country, particularly the south, were not aware of it, he said.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...?homepage=true
Thanks for the post. (I posted few related photos in other Kamal Thread)Quote:
Originally Posted by Unmai Vilambi
Ravi sir, IMHO we should post all latest news/articles about KH in this thread for easy tracking. it would be impossible and unnecessary to keep searching other threads. will you re-post those related photos here pl?
Watch out for Thalaivar's uLkuthu at the last line :-D
Kamal Haasan 'surprised' by 'sister' Mamata Banerjee
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, enthused by the start of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), on Sunday likened West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to a "sister" and said he was "surprised" by her dynamism.
"This is my first encounter with the honorable chief minister... I was looking forward to a chief minister, but I found a sister (in her)... I know why you call her that now," said Haasan, during the inaugural event of the 19th edition of KIFF.
Banerjee is addressed by her supporters as didi or elder sister in Bengali. She was seen dashing about the dais to ensure the proceedings went smoothly.
Cinema greats Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Haasan dazzled audiences at the Netaji Indoor stadium here as they came together during the opening.
"I found a head of a family (Banerjee) busy inviting everyone, a dynamo of energy, and very surprisingly, not interested in sitting in the chair for too long. I was quite surprised... I am not used to it," Haasan said.
http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/kama...=home-rightnow
http://cdn.ndtv.com/movies/images/kiff-630.jpg
Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan inaugurate Kolkata film fest
Gems of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan came together on Sunday, November 10, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
Big B, Jaya, Kamal Haasan, Mithun and SRK led the ceremonial lamp lighting and veterans from Bengali cinema, including actor and guest of honour Prosenjit Chatterjee, followed suit at the Netaji Indoor Stadium......
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(Kolkata Film Festival 2013 FB)
^^super sir. thanks. KH looks younger and smarter than SK