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He has a filmography of 150 and enjoys superstar
status but actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan says he is not satisfied. He
wants to learn and achieve more on the creative front and also wants his
movie business to flourish. "If I have the sense of satisfaction, I
won't be working or giving this interview. There is a lot more to learn
and I am a dissatisfied man. I am happy, but not content," Kamal Haasan
told IANS.


"I came as a technician first and by default I became an actor. But I am
happy and not complaining," he added.


The multi-faceted star, who is a National Award winner as well as a
Padma Shri awardee, is afraid of losing his zeal to perform.


"Achievements are decided by people and I think necessity is the mother
of invention. I live by the necessity, but somebody will call it as
invention or achievement. What scares me most is when I lose the need to
perform with the excitement of any creativity. If it happens, I will
live with it too. I will find something else," he said.


He started as a child artist in 1960, and established himself with
movies like Moondram Pirai, Saagar, Sadma and Pushpak.


Currently he is looking forward to the release of his next Tamil film Vishwaroopam,
which will release as Vishwaroop in Hindi. Directed by Kamal
Haasan, the film is coming out Jan 11 and the cast includes Shekhar
Kapur and Rahul Bose.


Kamal Haasan, whose daughter Shruthi too is in showbiz, rues how almost
all actors across the board have become "businessmen".


"Most stars are businessmen. The moment you become a star, you are
talking about money and fame. It's not about the content or artists'
skill any more. Always the collection matters. The numbers have now
increased to match along with the population," he said.


Having said that, he admits that if Vishwaroopam doesn't cross Rs
150 crore, then it's a failure for him.


"If this film doesn't cross Rs 150 crore, then it is a failure for me. I
would call it a weak attempt if it doesn't. It has to cross Rs 150
crore, and we really hope that we cross in the first week itself," said
Kamal Haasan, who has made lavish films like Hey Ram and Dasavatharam.


"It's the most costly project and ambitious too by virtue of what we
have tried to achieve and the ambition was realised because of the
technicians. I have the best team working with me," he said.


At 58, he still feels he is a part of the competition.


"I feel the competition all the time. Well, I have competitors in
various ages - from 18 to 65, I have competitors," he conceded.


The star culture is different in Bollywood and the southern film
industry, he admits.

"Yes, it is different. People are the same. The love is unanimously the
same," he said, adding that fans in the south show their love by
"building a temple", while in Mumbai "we have some religious rituals".

"Pooja happened when Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) was unwell. They don't
make a big fuss about it because not all the actors here are
politicians. There (south) politics and cinema are very closely related
and that's why you feel the difference."


Do you discuss your films with family members?


"It depends on who is qualified. I have meetings with qualified people
first and then take a general view because not everyone in my family is
qualified to make films," said the actor candidly.










Vishwaroopam , is
an upcoming Indian spy thriller movie written,directed and co-produced
by




Legendary actor
Kamal Haasan and also featured by him on the lead role.The movie is
bilingual with Tamil and Hindi version named 'Vishwaroop'.











The movie is a
dream project of kamal Haasan.The movie was announced so early but it
took




so long to complete due to casting issues
and overseas shooting delays.The movie was shot at US and Canada and
some scenes at Chennai and Mumbai.

Vishwaroopam is
the first Indian movie to be equipped with Auro 3D sound format.


Story line:

The story
revolves around Ms.Nirupama(Pooja) ,a nuclear oncologist from Chennai
and Vishwanath (Kamal),who runs a Kathak School in U S.

Nirupama comes
to U S to pursue her higher studies and marries Viswanath .After few
years of marriage ,when she wants to break up with her husband she
needed to find faults with her husband and employs a detective for that.

The rest of the
story is about what happens when she finds out who he really is.





Direction: Kamal Haasan




produced by:
Chandra
haasan,Kamal Haasan






Written by
:Kamal
Haasan,Atul Tiwari






Music:
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Lyrics:
vairamuthu,Kamal
Haasan,Javed Akthar

Expected
release date:11 January 2013
Bottom
line:
The movie is
gotten into several controversies as Kamal Haasan decided to release the
movie through DTH one day prior to the threatrical release and the
theatre owners association raising protest against this move.

Also several
Islamic organisations in Tamil Nadu also raised protests against the
movie stating that the movie portraits Muslims as Terrorists.

With all these
concerns the movie is scheduled to release on 11 january and kamal is
firm in his decision on DTH release and if it happened it would the
first movie to be released on DTH and also he explains that the Movie
noway degrades Muslims in anyway.



















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