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a) I get a call from a guy in Tindivanam for more than four times in my mobile who refuses to believe that I am not AnbuSelvan IPS (Actor Surya).

b) I get a call from an assitant director of a recent movie who again refuses to believe that I am not Gautam ( Director of Kakkha Kakkha).

All this and much more I am expecting in the days to come is just because of the fancy number that I was persistent to get with RPG Cellular. Long after I recieved my number from RPG, Surya spelled the same number by chance, in a hospital scene of Kakkha Kakkha.

I keep getting calls from unheard strangers thinking that the number belonged to Surya who intentionally gave it indirectly to his fans through the movie. The other set of people think it was Gautam who by mistake wrote his own number in the script and hence they are trying desperately to get a chance in this latest movie.

Even now after 8 months of the release of Kakkha Kakkha, a Surya fan kept disturbing me while I was busy watching Aayitha Ezhuthu. Very Irritating !!

Kamalhassan is getting ready for the remake of MunnaBhai M.B.B.S. Today’s pic in Hindu along with Prabhu was a surprise to me. Prabhu plays Arshad Warsi‘s role of ‘Circuit’ in tamil. Circuit is the sidekick of MunnaBhai in the hindi version. After that Vaanam Enna Kezhirikku dance by the duo in Vetri Vizha ( The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum), Prabhu and Kamal come together for Vasool Raja MBBS. Prabhu known for his versatile acting is also good as second hero.

While K. Balachander’s assistant Saran directs the movie, Bharathwaj gets a chance to compose for Kamalhassan which will be a refreshing change. Also with ‘Crazy’ Mohan penning the dialogues, you can be sure for tons of laughs.

Sanjay Dutt was clean and neat in Munnabhai MBBS but Kamal with this chinese monk beard looks comical. While I have no doubts that Kamal will do justice to the role, I am have my own irritation why he would have agreed upon for a remake. A remake is certainly not a crime. We saw that with Gilli. But it certainly isn’t a domain for Kamal’s versatality.

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Got a chance to watch Kamalhassan‘s College drama Nammavar , yesterday in Sun TV. I even watched Bala’s Sethu last night. However, If I choose to talk about it, I’ll be blamed for being biased. So, Ghup Chup.

Nammavar was an extraordinary film in many cases. Kamalhassan seemed to have been normal with out any make-up. Just a 10 day beard and that thick geeky spectacles personified a modern day Proffesor. I wished to have one like him. Couldn’t find though.

Anyway, the point is, Mahesh Mahadevan‘s music for Nammavar was breathtaking. Watching the movie again after a long time, I felt that Mahesh wasn’t praised critcally at the time of Nammavar release. Especially the Waltz music was amazing and still resonates. What a find he was for tamil cinema ? During the time when Rahman was unfolding his musical genius, Mahesh was also doing the same without much notice. Kudos to him. Though he is no more, I wish his music be researched and followed for some quality findings.

Just when I finished watching the movie, I realised that there was a co-incidence of Nammavar and Mahesh Mahadevan. Mahesh could have been the possible source of inspiration for this film. Kamal’s character suffers from Blood Cancer. He comes around with a cool attitude of life. He understands that he has cancer yet he isn’t willing to budge for it. Also he hates someone who pities him for the disease he carries. Interviews with Mahesh’s friends like Mani Ratnam and Kamalhassan have told before that Mahesh was also such a person who was willing to fight the cancer he carried with him and never allowed anyone who would pity him for that. Probably Kamal’s character was directly inspired from Mahesh Mahadevan.

Nammavar was also Kamal’s extravaganza. Be it the scene when he comes with a hi-fi sunglasses or the scene when he pleads to the students to forgive Karan’s mis-behaviour, Kamal proves that he is a self-taught genius. The second-half however went bonkers as it was Kamal Vs Karan. Also in the final scene, the senti stuff went overboard as Kamalhasan says that his ashes be laid in the gardens of the college. Very Artificial. You too Kamal !!