equanimus - as much as Kamal does his best to 'expose' the 'other' side / extreme end of the right-wing spectrum, he does not seem to do as much to showcase the islamic equivalent - one can argue that Kamal is only rightfully exposing the loopholes relevant to the native culture his ancestors belong to - however, if he considers art to be above partisan adherences to own's cultural/religious moorings (which he unhesitatingly does in his films, interviews etc etc), then he got to have a more objective means of looking/criticizing religion in general - which is something Sam Harris (for ex - there are others such as Shermer, or the late Hitchens, ) does effectively - often Kamal does give an impression of a being a lop-sided agnostic/atheist!
often, he takes questions (dumb as they are!) addressed to him, abt certain issues, in a rather unnecessary personal way - 'naama kumbudura samingaley aalaalukku rendu veedu vechhirukkaanga' kind of an answer is one such example! none denied that - but one can see his carefully cultivated 'Mohammed sahib' as opposed to his equally carefully cultivated irreverence to other deities that many consider sacred!! maybe it had to do with political correctness, but for someone with a carefully cultivated 'dare-do' aura surrounding his creative persona, littered with his own political insights, he chooses to remain stunningly silent over instances such as the November 2008 Mumbai incident, while (almost speaking like the other intellectual leftie elite Arundhati Roy) he comes down heavily on the Babri Masjid attack by the equally rabid extreme right hindutva groups!!
indha paagubaadu yaennu thaan naan kekkaen!
