‘Rajini
and I are professional rivals’
DC | Lipika Varma | 20th Dec 2012
Kamal Haasan and RajinikanthThe actor filmmaker has always been known for his dancing
prowess, especially classical, and is proud to have been trained by the great
kathak exponent pandit Birju Maharaj for a dance sequence.
Ahead of the much hyped release of his film ‘Vishwaroopam’
on DTH prior to theatres, superstar Kamal Hassan is quite relaxed. For him it
makes good business sense. “I am releasing the film on DTH because it's another
monetising platform.
We will not be at a loss; and now Internet too is a great
platform,” he says.
Kamal, who has cast filmmaker Shekhar Kapur in the film,
says, “Both Shekhar and I have always talked about working together. After 20
years I got him to act in my film. Now I am waiting for him to cast me.”
The actor-filmmaker has always been known for his dancing
prowess, especially classical, and is proud to have been trained by the great
kathak exponent pandit Birju Maharaj for a dance sequence in the film. “I feel
privileged to have been taught by Birju Maharaj.”
On a different note, Kamal unhesitatingly agrees that super
star Rajnikanth and he are professional rivals. “We are competitors and I don't
deny that. We come from the same institute of K. Balachander. He gets concerned
when my film is released on DTH and asks me why I am doing it. I get alarmed
when he is admitted in hospital. I enquire about his well-being when he comes
out and he says he is fine. When it comes to my solo releases I love to see my
films doing well. But this does not mean we are not friends.”
“I am keen to work in Hindi films but I need to be
approached by directors from the Hindi film fraternity,” he says about his
future Bollywood plans.
Clarifying rumours of Sonakshi Sinha and later Deepika
Padukone being cast in ‘Vishwaroopam’, he says, “Sonakshi was considered but
not Deepika. Finally we decided to take newcomers as stars could not
accommodate so many dates for the schedule.”
His daughter Shruti Hassan is a star by her own right now.
About directing her, Kamal says, “We have been planning to work together for 10
years. She is already a star in South and when she becomes a hit in Bollywood I
will take things forward.”
As a parting shot we ask him whether he would work in the
super hit Bollywood film ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ if it was remade and he says, “I
don’t want to play the father now.”
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