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

[venkkiram]

Too good! Thanks gurusaravanan. I need a better print.

[gurusaravanan]

Too good! Thanks gurusaravanan. I need a better print.

sure, ll post once i got it .

[gurusaravanan]

[geno]

Dilip Kumar avvaLO periya aaL-A?
sameebakaalamA kannApinnAnu rasikkiRaarE namma aaLu.
yEdhO, nallA irundhA sari.

AFAI Know - Kamal eulogizing Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar) Saheb happened even before the Filming of Marudhanaayagam - He has often played with Words, aptly, like the use of - Yusuf becoming Dilip and Dilip becoming Rahman. I used to have paper cuttings of Kamal's interviews from late 1980s (after pEsum padam) - i remember reading him praising Dilip Kumar a lot.

Kamal loved Mehmood (of Padosan fame) too. I remember him saying "..we all Mylapore/Alwarpet friends went to Kamadhenu theatre conspiring to tear the Seats there with Blades (since Kamadhenu was playing Padosan), since Mehmood was making fun of tamil pArpanars. But when i saw the film - i just started loving him".

[P_R]

AFAI Know - Kamal eulogizing Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar) Saheb happened even before the Filming of Marudhanaayagam - He has often played with Words, aptly, like the use of - Yusuf becoming Dilip and Dilip becoming Rahman. I used to have paper cuttings of Kamal's interviews from late 1980s (after pEsum padam) - i remember reading him praising Dilip Kumar a lot.

Ya, inviting him for the Aboorva. Jubilee function etc. There was a lot of coverage in his maiyam magazine.
But saying things like Sivaji is my sun/pole-star and (implied 'but') Dilip Kumar is a galaxy....
Considering him for periya thEvar's role in Hindi

andha aLavukku pudikkumnu ellAm sameebamA dhAn niRaiya kELvippadurEn.
And from what precious little I have watched of Dilip Kumar it sounds a tad effusive.

[venkkiram]

P_R, Geno.. deep insights on Hey Ram. Thanks.

Today I found a post on Hey Ram. Good attempt.

http://jamalantamil.blogspot.com/200...g-post_27.html

ஒளிரும் பாரதத்திற்காக பலியிடப்பட்ட மகாத்மா - ஹே ராம் எனும் அழித்தெழுதப்பட்ட பிரதி

[raagadevan]

Working with Rajinikanth is a costly affair: Kamal Haasan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/17693473.cms

[smaiitm]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/17702873.cms
Should never have married: Kamal Hassan
Where has your conflict with multiplexes over the proposed DTH (direct -to-home) premiere of Vishwaroopam reached? We have booked theatres in the South, but a section there is still opposed to it. In Mumbai, PVR was supportive enough initially but suddenly, they backed out. Subsequently, I tried convincing them but they have not relented.

Is DTH just a way to play safe in a low satellite market? No. Let me tell you that unlike in Mumbai, satellite rights have risen in Tamil Nadu. I had my regular takers with substantial money but profits would have been meagre. DTH ensures greater profit. Some exhibitors claimed I am driven by greed but I prefer to call it 'opportunity'. Asked what I would do with the money, I said I would plough back in theatres. They are needlessly worried. Seeing a film in a theatre is a cultural habit in India, it will never go away.

How did Vishwaroopam shape up? PVP was supposed to produce Vishwaroopam but the canvas kept widening. They were kind enough to become the financers while I took over production. I got a cameraman who would work on digital cinema, an AD from the US, an art director from Vietnam, and stuntmen from Thailand and the US. It wasn't an easy film to make. We didn't shoot in Afghanistan since we were advised it would be unsafe. We thought of going to Kazakhstan but the people there were not film savvy. Eventually, we recreated Afghanistan in Chennai. Also, we dropped the idea of casting big stars like Sonakshi Sinha among others. We wanted the money to show in the film and not in its posters.

So you dropped her from the film? Everything was amicable. We explained it to her. Shatrughan is like an elder brother.

You did films like Saagar, Sadma, Sanam Teri Kasam... and then you left Mumbai... At the time of Saagar, I had done 109 films. Had I hung around here, I wouldn't have completed 215 till date.

Weren't you supposed to do a film with Barry Osborne? That will happen but after I complete Vishwaroopam 2. I've even completed ten days shooting for it. Osborne is also helping me premiere Vishwaroopam in Los Angeles.

Tell us about your daughters Shruti and Akshara. Shruti is travelling more than I ever did. She has become very busy. However, her Ek Duuje Ke Liye is yet to come. Akshara is learning how to dance. They stay with their mother (Sarika).

Are you in touch with Sarika and Vani? No. The parting wasn't smooth in either case. I was too much in love for an amicable settlement. I am sure it wasn't easy for my wives either. Marriage is not a film you can forget if it flops. I felt scarred.

Did you see the break-ups coming? I saw them coming. Sarika and I were married for 17 years. And I knew the marriage wouldn't last 12 years before we parted ways. Although we kept pulling on. I thought it would affect the children. I waited for them to come of age.

Both your marriages didn't succeed. Do you think you should've married at all? I never believed in marriage. People marry because of peer pressure but I don't subscribe to the 'herd mentality'. I shouldn't have married. I married for the convenience of my women. Vani wouldn't live-in and I wasn't strong enough to put my foot down. And the society was such that Sarika and I couldn't book a hotel room together even after we had two daughters.

Didn't Gouthami pressure you to marry her? Never. She is very different. She is a very progressive lady, and not just to please me.

[vikatan]

Hi P_R

You mentioned that ..."And from what precious little I have watched of Dilip Kumar it sounds a tad effusive"

It could be one great method actor saluting the other.

Dilip Kumar, was the original method actor at-least as far as Mainstream Bollywood cinema is concerned.
(with apologies to Balraj Sahni fans)

Dilip Saab’s attention to detail and the conscious effort he took to ‘get into’ a character…are legendary.
For example..it is said that he spent several weeks to actually learn and ride a Tonga, so that he did not need ‘Doops’ even for action scenes..
And it is also said that he had to take psychiatric consultation…and remained in depression for about 6 months after shooting for the ‘Devdas’.

Perhaps Kamal sees a lot of the great Sivaji Ganesan in Dilip Kumar…
Consider this… Dilip Saab came into the industry as a virtual unknown (without any godfather)
And soon became a trend setter of sorts, with his Urdu Aadab, great dialogue delivery and some fabulous acting.
His movies had some immortal music by the great team of ‘Naushad Ali, Mohd. Rafi & Shakeel Badayuni’. (Like Kannadasan, TMS and MSV for NT)
And Dilip Kumar was a major influence to great actors of his generation and the next…. See the similarity ?
He was the Nadigar Thilak...if you could call him...that

[vikatan]

BTW...the Tonga practice was for 'Naya Daur'