The recently out Bollywood flick, Kambakkht Ishq, starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor, is said to be doing well. Though it was reported quite some time ago by news sites like Sify.com and OneIndia that it is a remake of Kamal’s Pammal K Sambandham, the fact that people like Akshay and director Sabbir Khan tried to hide it irked quite a few. That included Web-sites like Thatstamil and Adhikaalai.com. Finally, Behindwoods managed to get things clarified from PL Thenappan, who produced the movie for Media Dreams.

Kamal’s movies have been clobbered before by Bollywood, including Sathi Leelavathi as Biwi No. 1, which even got a Filmfare award for best story!

[With inputs from Ananth]

On Sunday, Kamal was present for the launch of Nee Indri Naan Illai, scripted by Kalaignar Karunanidhi, who is also the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Also participating were Manorama, Sivakumar, Surya, Bhagyaraj and Vivek.

Kamal and Karunanidhi extended their mutual admiration society, lavishing praises on each other. The latter recounted an incident during the shooting of Dasavathaaram when Kamal surprised him in the old lady get-up. The below video of Kamal’s speech comes from Top10Cinema.com.

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Kamal also met Karunanidhi privately, possibly on the same day.

[With inputs from Ananth]

[Picture courtesy: BehindWoods]