Khan Saheb Kamal Haasan's Jamaat/Jeba Koottam/Devasthaanam - Part 8

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Actually I think people miss how important any sort of engagement is. It's not just about whether one is pro as opposed to anti or vice versa. You can't be opposed to brahmin hegemony in the proper sense without engaging with a non-brahmin world. (maththappadi, sEthu-la varRA mAdhiri "nammavALukku eppavum pattA dhAnE puriyum"-nu uLLukkuLLayE reNdoru kural irukkaRadhu sAdharaNam.) Similarly, by merely critiquing Hindutva ideology, one doesn't become anti-Hindu in any sense. To even be non-Hindu (in one's films, I mean), one has to minimally traverse the ethos of other cultures/worlds.