Kamal has a crisp pen when it comes to writing short and yet powerful film dialogues. But while speaking ex tempore -- and that has been his style -- he looks every bit a confused man, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
'I have joined a Rs 100 crore club that no actor in India, it seems, will dare join.'
Filming of his latest film Sandiyar is being held up owing to opposition from a political party.
Abhirami is still to recover from the fact that she has been selected for Kamal Haasan's Sandhiyar.
Kamal Haasan's list of controversies is as long as his impressive filmography.