Comments on: What should Kamal do?

By: Satish Nair

Satish Nair — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:23:00 +0000

Not sure what u mean by Kamal’s days as a lead is over..Amitabh’s roles in Black or Khakee or any of his other recent hits have been lead roles…
Probably what you meant was that he should do roles that suit his age,which could well be lead roles as well…
And I guess thats exactly what he is doing with VV and Dasavatharam.Kamal himself ackowledged that he doesnt wannna be running around trees or saying I love you to heroines half his age…
I believe that the best is yet to come for the Universal and Evergreen Hero!

By: randramble

randramble — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:40:00 +0000

Let me rephrase that…let’s say “traditional leading man”.

IMHO, Amitaabh did play support to Rani’s role in ‘Black’, though ultimately he ended up overshadowing her. Similarly, in ‘Khaakee’, it was an ensemble cast with Amitaabh’s role being that of the good guy’s.

As can be seen from my post, my wish too is that Kamal’s best should come in the future and that’s why I believe he shouldn’t be wasting precious time.

By: Satish Nair

Satish Nair — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:08:00 +0000

Gotcha..
Again a stumbling block is that Tamil Fans are not receptive to seeing their superstars play support roles in their later years.
Sivaji was a classic example with only Mudhal Mariyadhai and Devar Magan tasting critical and commercial success.
Do you see Kamal being accepted doing the same roles that the BigB is tasting success with?

By: randramble

randramble — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:11:00 +0000

Your Sivaji example is perfect. I can’t really predict whether people will accept Kamal in older roles or not, but I believe that’s what he should do as far as acting is concerned.

By: Nav

Nav — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:14:00 +0000

I believe Kamal Haasan has been doing a pretty fantastic job of choosing his roles off-late. Well coming to think of, I dont believe he has made a bad role choice right from the 90’s.

And he has always been one of the few actors in Indian cinema (given his popularity) to slip comfortably into a supporting role, even if he is slotted as the lead actor!

Like Anbe sivam? or Panchathatiram? Thenali? All these show he is superb at others sharing the spotlight too. Truly a great actor.

Although, I must admit, I haven’t watched Vasool Raja MBBS or the tamil version of Mumbai Express. From the promos, he seemed pretty jaded in both.

Cant wait for VV.

Nav

By: randramble

randramble — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:25:00 +0000

I’m not saying that, in general, he’s making bad choices for roles. Of late, he looks old and hence it’s time to change course.

I agree with the supporting role part, though most people might disagree. The movies you mentioned were good, for sure.

“Mumbai Express” too was good, in my opinion. He experimented with a character that shows less of emotions. “Vasool Raja” was unwanted for sure.