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

[Movie Cop]

on a serious note, me-thinks actors need to be judged based on how they can carry a role with effortless ease - Kamal's roles have been deliberately written to bring out his histrionic skills, and rajini's have been written specifically to help maintain his 'punch dialog'-driven image!

both of them IMO need a KB/Mahendran/Balu Mahendra to be reined in and act naturally!

As far as Kamal is concerned, Mahendran has never directed him. KB is rejected-nga.

In most of the 70's movies that Kamal & Rajini acted together under KB, KB treated Rajini as a shiny object - providing him meaty roles to fully leverage his cigaratte flipping, over the top mannerisms, hurried dialgue delevery etc. OTOH, Kamal, who is more of a subtler actor, was given roles that the likes of Sivakumar, Vijayakumar or that other guy (Jaiganes?) could have done. Those roles doesn't really need an actor of Kamal's calibre. Alos, another problem during the 70’s was that most of the directors viewed Kamal just a lover boy because of his handsome looks and exceptional dancing skills.

Only when KB started directing Kamal as a solo hero he "tried" to leverage Haasar's histrionic skills.