Comments on: The plan for 2009 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/ The Kamal Haasan Blog Sat, 19 May 2012 00:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Gajen http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3383 Gajen Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:39:32 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3383 Guys, I found this article on one of the blogs I follow, http://www.charuonline.com/Jan09/KamalIndiaToday.html Guys,

I found this article on one of the blogs I follow,

http://www.charuonline.com/Jan09/KamalIndiaToday.html

]]> By: nitin http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3393 nitin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:02:42 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3393 Its really so tiring being a kamal fan.I have to say this with great pain.why is it taking him so much time to com eup with a new project? There are the best directors who want to work with him. Still what makes him drop projects like a newcomer ? Actors like Aamir Khan are able to get our directors,actors,cameraman. why not him? Kamal should be responsible to his true fans ! This is not what we deserve ? we deserve to see you being at ur creative best again! Please transfer ur creative ideas,projects to a proven director and make them use you to the fullest? someone like gautam menon,balki,bala,balu mahendra,singeetam,balachande, bharatiraaja, etc or why dont you try out a totally new,fresh but innovative film director! Its really so tiring being a kamal fan.I have to say this with great pain.why is it taking him so much time to com eup with a new project? There are the best directors who want to work with him.
Still what makes him drop projects like a newcomer ?
Actors like Aamir Khan are able to get our directors,actors,cameraman.
why not him?
Kamal should be responsible to his true fans !
This is not what we deserve ? we deserve to see you being at ur creative best again!
Please transfer ur creative ideas,projects to a proven director and make them
use you to the fullest?
someone like gautam menon,balki,bala,balu mahendra,singeetam,balachande, bharatiraaja,
etc

or why dont you try out a totally new,fresh but innovative film director!

]]> By: Mark Mangan http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3397 Mark Mangan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3397 U raised a good point, nitin....Making a film is not necessarily to be in big budget only...An acclaimed actor/director of Kamal's calibre should rely more on their creativity to churn out a movie...As a sincere fan of Kamal sir, I would like to see more films like Guna, Mahanadhi and Thevar magan, which I believe does not cost too much if we compare to likes of vikram, Aalavandan, indian or Dasavatharam.. At this moment, although I would like to see Kamal make Maruthanayagam or Maramayogi, if the economic situation does not permit, then do some low budget-high value movies (remake of A Wednesday, perhaps) Whatever it is, even if you give a hit or a flop, you're already up there..Nobody can change that.. U raised a good point, nitin….Making a film is not necessarily to be in big budget only…An acclaimed actor/director of Kamal’s calibre should rely more on their creativity to churn out a movie…As a sincere fan of Kamal sir, I would like to see more films like Guna, Mahanadhi and Thevar magan, which I believe does not cost too much if we compare to likes of vikram, Aalavandan, indian or Dasavatharam..
At this moment, although I would like to see Kamal make Maruthanayagam or Maramayogi, if the economic situation does not permit, then do some low budget-high value movies (remake of A Wednesday, perhaps)
Whatever it is, even if you give a hit or a flop, you’re already up there..Nobody can change that..

]]> By: nitin http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3403 nitin Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:37:11 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3403 Thanks for the comments Mark, but you missed my main concern regarding kamal, I dont like to be a blind fan because if we become so we end up accepting whatever kamal does . It will not let us be critical of him. Sincerely I believe we have spoilt kamal by praising him too much. and I also feel the kind of people he has for company too are spoiling him. But i feel kamal's creativity is not getting used by himself and others mainly because he has to compete with the kind of films rajni makes,the ones vijay,vijaykanth,satyaraj etc make. I sincerely feel he is getting insecure about box office success. I also feel he has complex regarding his educational background which is not letting him work with the best of the highly educated movie technicians in both tollywood and bollywood. Also he wants to prove both his acting and creativity and he is not sure which one to focus on at this point in his life. Moreover tamil filmdom is a highly disorganised industry i believe. There is no unity,one technician is too egoistic about the other and kamal has imbibed all those traits being in the same industry for long Its not a problem with rajni because he is just a obedient follower of his fans and directors and he is not ambitious regarding being a creative person. Thanks for the comments Mark,
but you missed my main concern regarding kamal,
I dont like to be a blind fan because if we become so we end up accepting whatever kamal does .
It will not let us be critical of him.
Sincerely I believe we have spoilt kamal by praising him too much.
and I also feel the kind of people he has for company too are spoiling him.
But i feel kamal’s creativity is not getting used by himself and
others mainly because he has to compete with the kind of films rajni
makes,the ones vijay,vijaykanth,satyaraj etc make.
I sincerely feel he is getting insecure about box office success.
I also feel he has complex regarding his educational background
which is not letting him work with the best of the highly educated
movie technicians in both tollywood and bollywood.
Also he wants to prove both his acting and creativity and he is not
sure which one to focus on at this point in his life.
Moreover tamil filmdom is a highly disorganised industry i believe.
There is no unity,one technician is too egoistic about the other and
kamal has imbibed all those traits being in the same industry for long
Its not a problem with rajni because he is just a obedient follower
of his fans and directors and he is not ambitious regarding being a
creative person.

]]> By: karthik http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3411 karthik Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:55:49 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3411 guys, I just came across this link. Has a lot of info on 19th Step. http://www.haf.org.hk/haf/pdf/project07/project1.pdf guys,

I just came across this link. Has a lot of info on 19th Step.

http://www.haf.org.hk/haf/pdf/project07/project1.pdf

]]> By: randramble http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3412 randramble Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:11:22 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3412 Thanx for that info, Karthik... Thanx for that info, Karthik…

]]> By: Sri http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3413 Sri Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3413 Nitin: Though I agree with some of the things that you mentioned, I have to disagree with most of them. "I also feel he has complex regarding his educational background which is not letting him work with the best of the highly educated movie technicians in both tollywood and bollywood." For me thalaivar is one role model from whom I can learn confidence from. Whatever language he speaks (though he is not well versed in them), he does make an attempt to try and speak in them (based on the audience and language the interviewer poses question). He is not the kind who has complex about his educational background. Despite of the lack in acedemic knowledge, he has learned a lot out of his self interest. And frankly I don't see a whole lot of highly educated technicians in tollywood and bollywood, other than Manis, Gauthams, handful of Cinematographers. I guess you meant highly "experienced" and not "educated" "and others mainly because he has to compete with the kind of films rajni makes,the ones vijay,vijaykanth,satyaraj etc make." I doubt if thalaivar ever wanted to compete with Rajni, Vijai and the lot. And there is nothing wrong in worrying about box office viability of a project. After all, he and others are in this field to make money and more importantly for thalaivar success is more important so that he can channel the profit back to his other ventures. At this point i have to point, if thalaivar had the wherewithal he would have produced Dasa and would have used the profit to fund Marmayogi. The useless Oscar not only pocketed most of the profit, he don't care about briging the hindi version to light. He now goes on to produce a Hollywood movie with JC. That's why it is more imporatant that thalaivar worry about box office success. Nitin:
Though I agree with some of the things that you mentioned, I have to disagree with most of them.
“I also feel he has complex regarding his educational background
which is not letting him work with the best of the highly educated
movie technicians in both tollywood and bollywood.”
For me thalaivar is one role model from whom I can learn confidence from. Whatever language he speaks (though he is not well versed in them), he does make an attempt to try and speak in them (based on the audience and language the interviewer poses question). He is not the kind who has complex about his educational background. Despite of the lack in acedemic knowledge, he has learned a lot out of his self interest. And frankly I don’t see a whole lot of highly educated technicians in tollywood and bollywood, other than Manis, Gauthams, handful of Cinematographers.
I guess you meant highly “experienced” and not “educated”

“and others mainly because he has to compete with the kind of films rajni
makes,the ones vijay,vijaykanth,satyaraj etc make.”
I doubt if thalaivar ever wanted to compete with Rajni, Vijai and the lot.
And there is nothing wrong in worrying about box office viability of a project. After all, he and others are in this field to make money and more importantly for thalaivar success is more important so that he can channel the profit back to his other ventures. At this point i have to point, if thalaivar had the wherewithal he would have produced Dasa and would have used the profit to fund Marmayogi. The useless Oscar not only pocketed most of the profit, he don’t care about briging the hindi version to light. He now goes on to produce a Hollywood movie with JC. That’s why it is more imporatant that thalaivar worry about box office success.

]]> By: SUPRAJA http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3422 SUPRAJA Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:35:12 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3422 IS 19TH STEP A MOVIE??? WHO IS THE ACTOR?? IS 19TH STEP A MOVIE??? WHO IS THE ACTOR??

]]> By: Hearta Z http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3427 Hearta Z Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:14:28 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3427 Asin takes The 19th Step http://movies.ndtv.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&Slug=Asin+takes+%3CI%3EThe+19th+Ste&Id=ENTEN20090080580 Asin takes The 19th Step

http://movies.ndtv.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&Slug=Asin+takes+%3CI%3EThe+19th+Ste&Id=ENTEN20090080580

]]> By: Hearta http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3428 Hearta Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:05:23 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3428 Kamal's next: the lull before the storm http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-articles/movies-08/kamal-21-01-09.html Kamal’s next: the lull before the storm

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-articles/movies-08/kamal-21-01-09.html

]]> By: ikamarajan http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3430 ikamarajan Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3430 Thalaiva you dont act like A wenesday you do medium budjet and classical film like Devarmagan,guna , mahanadhi we want such film now then you start marmayogi. pls thalaiva we are expecting your next good announcement Thalaiva you dont act like A wenesday you do medium budjet and classical film like Devarmagan,guna , mahanadhi we want such film now then you start marmayogi. pls thalaiva we are expecting your next good announcement

]]> By: NIRU http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3440 NIRU Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:05:16 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3440 To Supraja:- Hi 19 Steps is a movie directed by Bharat Bala. Kamal, Asin r playing lead roles in it. It will release in 2010. To Supraja:-

Hi 19 Steps is a movie directed by Bharat Bala. Kamal, Asin r playing lead roles in it. It will release in 2010.

]]> By: Hearta http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3450 Hearta Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:24:16 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3450 Taling about her films after Dashavatharam, the sensous beauty from South has one more tri-lingual project on her hand starring veteran actor Kamal Hassan. "We start rolling much later in the year. It is directed by Bharat Bhala and AR Rahman is doing the music. I think this is the 3rd- 4th movie I am doing with Rahman and I am very fortunate. I am looking forward to that project. Kamal sir is playing one of the charaters in the film. The protaginist is a Japanese actor called Tadanoku Asan," said the South Indian beauty. http://www.apakistannews.com/asin-dazzles-on-filmfare-cover-103988 Taling about her films after Dashavatharam, the sensous beauty from South has one more tri-lingual project on her hand starring veteran actor Kamal Hassan.
“We start rolling much later in the year. It is directed by Bharat Bhala and AR Rahman is doing the music. I think this is the 3rd- 4th movie I am doing with Rahman and I am very fortunate. I am looking forward to that project. Kamal sir is playing one of the charaters in the film. The protaginist is a Japanese actor called Tadanoku Asan,” said the South Indian beauty.

http://www.apakistannews.com/asin-dazzles-on-filmfare-cover-103988

]]> By: Hearta http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3451 Hearta Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:32:19 +0000 http://www.allthingskamal.info/blog/2009/01/03/the-plan-for-2009/#comment-3451 After the stupendous success of Ghajini, Asin is busy learning the ancient form of martial art Kalaripayattu. The Ghajini starlet has signed an international project opposite Kamal Hassan called 19th Step. This is her second film with him after Dasavatharam. The film also stars Japanse star Tadanobu Asano in the lead. Sources close to Asin revealed, "Asin will be portraying the role of a warrior princess and hence has been trained in the ancient art. A local instructor trains her everyday. This film will be her biggest project till date, as the budget of the film is 50 million US dollars and it is based on the theme of the origin of Martial Arts in Kerala. Asin and Kamal Hassan play important role in safeguarding these Martial Arts of Kerala while Japanese actor Asano plays a blood thirsty Samurai Kenji seeking to conquer the ancient Indian Martial Arts forms of Kalaripayattu (ancestor of Karate). He learns the tough 18 steps and masters the 19th step from an Indian guru played by Kamal Hassan while Asin will play a local princess." Kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art form which originated in Kerala, India, was taken across the Himalayas by the Buddhist monk Bodhi Dharma to China, giving birth to Chinese Kung Fu. Kalaripayattu in its current form is 1,500 years old. The movie will be directed by Bharath Bala and produced by Bharath Bala Productions and Walt Disney. It will be released in three languages: English, Japanese and Tamil. The shooting of the film will begin in the last week of June 2009 after Kamal Hassan wraps up Marmayogi and once Asin masters the art. It will be shot in Kerala. http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2009/asin-19th-step-050209.html After the stupendous success of Ghajini, Asin is busy learning the ancient form of martial art Kalaripayattu. The Ghajini starlet has signed an international project opposite Kamal Hassan called 19th Step. This is her second film with him after Dasavatharam. The film also stars Japanse star Tadanobu Asano in the lead.

Sources close to Asin revealed, “Asin will be portraying the role of a warrior princess and hence has been trained in the ancient art. A local instructor trains her everyday. This film will be her biggest project till date, as the budget of the film is 50 million US dollars and it is based on the theme of the origin of Martial Arts in Kerala. Asin and Kamal Hassan play important role in safeguarding these Martial Arts of Kerala while Japanese actor Asano plays a blood thirsty Samurai Kenji seeking to conquer the ancient Indian Martial Arts forms of Kalaripayattu (ancestor of Karate). He learns the tough 18 steps and masters the 19th step from an Indian guru played by Kamal Hassan while Asin will play a local princess.”

Kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art form which originated in Kerala, India, was taken across the Himalayas by the Buddhist monk Bodhi Dharma to China, giving birth to Chinese Kung Fu. Kalaripayattu in its current form is 1,500 years old.

The movie will be directed by Bharath Bala and produced by Bharath Bala Productions and Walt Disney. It will be released in three languages: English, Japanese and Tamil. The shooting of the film will begin in the last week of June 2009 after Kamal Hassan wraps up Marmayogi and once Asin masters the art. It will be shot in Kerala.

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2009/asin-19th-step-050209.html

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