Kamal’s latest interview has appeared in The Economic Times over the weekend, on the occasion of his FICCI award. It includes his pet peeves about songs in movies, funding, vertical integration and technology. There are a few new things too. Check it out.

Some portions…..

You must allow X-rated films and separate them from family entertainment. Currently, we are mixing it all. Mainstream cinema is being corrupted by this content. Censor board is a body appointed by us and we cannot let them behave like monitoring royalty. The industry must have a say in this issue. Instead of throwing a little bit of the sex into, say almost all, Tamil songs which have lyrics about licking, sucking, tasting and biting…

I am encouraged by good critics and great applause. Awards are the representation of the commotion that has already been created.

Infanticide has been part of our culture, are we going to continue doing that? Human sacrifice has been part of it, as is tonsuring the head of a widow…Even if I play Gandhi, I may have to sing.

What’s happening now is like a child plonking on a piano. But, we have been suffering this child for over 50 years.

As a screen writer, I find songs a nuisance.