Kamal Haasan has acted in more than 200 films in many languages. While he has been very successful in Tamil cinema. He has also done a lot of work in the Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali film industries. Speaking at an event in Delhi on Wednesday, Kamal said that the success of a pan India film depends on its appeal and content. The actor said in response to a question by ‘PTI’, ‘When you PAN for gold, you PAN for new words, coins. Indian films have always been like this.
Said this on ‘Mughal-e-Azam’
Kamal gave some examples of films which he considered most tremendous, as they were successful across the country. He said, ‘Shantaram ji has done many Indian films. ‘Padosan’ is a Pan India film. Mehmood ji almost spoke Tamil in the film. Who is known as ‘Mughal-e-Azam’? This is a pan India film for me. This is not a new thing. Our country is unique. Unlike America, we speak different languages but we are united. That is the beauty of this country. We will always continue to make Pan India films. It depends on how good and universal the film is. Then everyone will want to see it. ‘Chemmin’, a Malayalam film, was a Pan India film. They didn’t even dub it, there was no subtitle and people loved it.
South films earn more!
Kamal Haasan also spoke about the recent success of South’s films like ‘RRR’ and ‘KGF: Chapter 2’. Both have earned more than 1000 crores worldwide and have done better business than Bollywood films in the Hindi belt. When asked about the debate between North and South cinema, the actor simply said, ‘I am an Indian. what are you? The Taj Mahal is mine, the Madurai temple is yours. Kanyakumari is as much yours as Kashmir is mine.
Kamal is returning to the screen after four years with ‘Vikram’. A high-octane action drama film starring Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil as well as Kalidas Jayaram, Narayan, Antony Varghese and Arjun Das. Suriya also has a cameo in the film.