After releasing the teaser trailer of Unnaippol Oruvan last month, Kamal met the press along with significant members of the cast and crew. Those present on stage included Mohanlal, Chakri Toleti and Shruti Haasan.
Kamal announced that shooting is proceeding at a good speed and should be wrapped up in May. The release may be postponed to August 12 (the same date on which Kalathur Kannamma released in 1959), to mark Kamal’s 50th year in movies as per fans’ request. While Mohanlal plays the police commissioner in Tamil, Venkatesh will take it up in the Telugu version titled Eenadu.
Also present on the occasion were 2 more debutants –Era. Murukan as dialogue writer and Manushyaputhran as lyricist. Both are associated with the late Sujatha, one of Kamal’s favourites. The former has been writing about Unnaippol Oruvan and Kamal for sometime. His blog / Web-site isn’t very navigable though — try your luck. Manushyaputhran earlier featured in “Kamal Kaviyarangam” in 2007.
One event that received very little press coverage was Kamal witnessing his mentor K Balachander’s return to stage-plays. Kamal watched Pournami along with Gautami.
Even before Rahman created history at the Oscars, Kamal had sent his congratulations on Slumdog Millionaire. But after the big night, news channels and sites jostled for opinions and Kamal was one of their favourites. Here’s a (much-delayed) round-up from the various media outlets.
For Kamal’s complete thoughts on the occasion, watch Kamal say it all on IndiaGlitz. Kamal makes fun of himself, rubbishing titles like “Oscar naayagan” (Oscar hero).
Kamal also participated in a discussion on CNN-IBN. Below are couple of videos from Times Now and Zoom.
Kamal has kept his word on organizing a screenwriting workshop in South India, and in style! Rajkamal Films International will sponsor the Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop which will be held, in association with IIT-Madras, from 29 May to 3 June.
Applications for the event will be accepted till May 5. So, if you didn’t hear about this till now, you have the weekend to make it in time. For more details, refer to the official Web-sites (1 | 2).
In addition to some writers from the North, the workshop will also feature noted French screenwriter Jean Claude Carriere (more about him in a separate post) via video-conference.
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